Vilify

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to speak ill of; defame; slander. 

2. Obsolete. to make vile.  



—Synonyms 

1. depreciate, disparage, calumniate, malign [muh-lahyn], abuse, asperse, blacken.

—Antonyms 

1. commend.





　

There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past.





see banter taunt



indict (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against

recrimination countercharge

refute to prove to be erroneous, rebut & confute ...I refute the accusation that

castigate to reprimand severely, punish ...castigating him as a "narcissistic" part of the human anatomy



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