vilipend – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to vilipend
Participle: vilipended
Gerund: vilipending

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	vilipend
we	Let's vilipend
you	vilipend

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to try to diminish the reputation of

asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vituperate

insult

slur, disregard, slight

Antonyms

insult

compliment, admiration, dignity, affection

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”). See: French 'vilipender', Latin 'vilipendō', Italian 'vilipendere', Portuguese 'vilipendiar', Spanish 'vilipendiar'.

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