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1. Slanderous defamation
   - smear, malignment
    
2. A rude expression intended to offend or hurt
   "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no vilification"
   - abuse, insult, revilement, contumely [archaic]

Derived forms: vilifications

See also: vilify

Type of: calumniation, calumny, defamation, discourtesy, disrespect, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement

Encyclopedia: Vilification