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VILIPEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vilipend mean? 

VILIPEND (verb)
  The verb VILIPEND has 1 sense:

1. belittleplay

  Familiarity information: VILIPEND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VILIPEND (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Belittle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deprecate; depreciate; vilipend

Context example:

The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts

Hypernyms (to "vilipend" is one way to...):

belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vilipend"):

deflate; puncture (reduce or lessen the size or importance of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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