vilification

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

vilification
    n 1: slanderous defamation [syn: {smear}, {vilification},
         {malignment}]
    2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student
       made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled
       insults at the visiting team" [syn: {abuse}, {insult},
       {revilement}, {contumely}, {vilification}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vilification \Vil`i*fi*ca"tion\
   (v[i^]l`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
   The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. --South.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "vilification":
      abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words,
      blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely,
      defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration,
      diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad,
      malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling,
      obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement,
      screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade,
      tongue-lashing, vituperation

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