vilified

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A form of vilify — To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of vilify

    On the 60th anniversary of its publication, it feels like a good time to open it up, dig through its pages, and understand why such a vilified document represented a critical, if imperfect, step in creating the modern railway system we have today.

    2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44
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