vilipend

Meaning

1. (dated, formal, transitive) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
2. (dated, formal, transitive) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.

Synonyms

depreciate

vilify

deprecate

abuse

despise

contemn

malign

Translations

εξευτελίζω

suplicar

dénigrer

mépriser

😡

verachten

depreciar

despreciar

suplicar

deprecar

menospreciar

vilipendiar

hakir görmek

demanar

iftira etmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vilipenden

Cognate with French: vilipender

Cognate with Italian: vilipendere

Cognate with Portuguese: vilipendiar

Cognate with Spanish: vilipendiar

In summary

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”).