Vocabulary
Vilification
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
To speak ill of or defame or slander.
To lower in worth or value
Urdu meaning
رسوا کرنا یا بدنام کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Amid the megaphoned Western vilification of `mullahs` ruling Iran, a 5,000-year-old civilisation is condemned by its parvenue rivals who were largely created from the British-French division of spoils following Turkey`s defeat in 1919.
- This relentless vilification serves a clear purpose: to erode public trust in traditional media and promote alternative sources that are more sympathetic to his narrative.
- This quote is doing the rounds in the context of Trump`s moves in Ukraine and his vilification of its increasingly embattled president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
- The vilification remains and forms a large part of the conversation evento date.
- Moreover, singling out Justice Babar Sattar, as Senator Vawda did, is egregious, at a time when the judge and his family have already been subjected to a vilification campaign.
Synonyms
decry, damns, denigrate
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