• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/

vilipend (vilipends, present participle vilipending; past and past participle vilipended)

1. (transitive, dated, formal) To treat#Verb|treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.

   Synonyms: belittle, contemn, misprize, slight

2. (transitive, dated, formal) To express#Verb|express a disparaging#Adjective|disparaging opinion of; to slander#Verb|slander or vilify.

   Synonyms: abuse, disparage, derogate, Thesaurus:defame

   • 1853, July 10. "Evil Birds", The Colonist (Nelson, New Zealand): page 4 ↗:

     But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large.

   • 1917, O. W. Firkins, The Nation, The Nation Company, page 176 ↗:

     But, for all their feint of nonchalance, these young persons have no other task in life but to explain and extol their own conduct and to vilipend their critics and opponents.

Conjugation of vilipend

infinitive	(to) vilipend
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	vilipend	vilipended
2nd-person singular	* vilipend, vilipendest*	vilipended, vilipendedst*
3rd-person singular	vilipends, vilipendeth#English|vilipendeth*	vilipended#English|vilipended
plural	vilipend
subjunctive	vilipend
imperative	vilipend	—
participle> participles	vilipending	vilipended
* Archaic or obsolete.

Related terms

• vilification
• vilifier
• vilify

Translations

• French: vilipender, mépriser
• Italian: vilipendere
• Russian: презира́ть

Translations

• French: dénigrer
• Italian: vilipendere, diffamare, oltraggiare
• Portuguese: vilipendiar
• Spanish: vilipendiar
• Russian: клевета́ть

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