Today let's learn a new word, vilify!

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Hi and welcome to Let’s Word Up! Each day we post a word of the day to help you improve your English language skills.

Today’s word of the day is vilify.

Vilify is a doing word therefore it is a verb.

To vilify is to speak or write about someone or something in an extremely negative way.

An example of the word vilify used in a sentence would be:

He planned to vilify her to get people on her side but no one believed his lies.

Or, The purpose of the article was to vilify the people of the town.

Synonyms: disparage, berate, insult, denigrate, condemn.

Antonyms: commend, adore, honour, exalt, praise.

Thank you for listening, we hope that you found it helpful and interesting. Until next time.]

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