vilify

Object

• people: They are the most wronged, persecuted and vilified people in the civilized world.
• woman: Martina Navratilova ' They ripped me up ' May 29: For decades, Martina Navratilova was the most vilified woman in tennis.
• group: Now, as an asylum seeker, he is a member of one of the most marginalized and vilified groups in UK society.
• man: Eight months later, the gutter press got hold of the story, and vilified the man.
• rebellion: Only those who hold such a ridiculously pedantic view could vilify the Irish rebellion by calling it a ' putsch ' .

Subject

• press: Locked into their degradation by a racist police force, vilified by a racist press and violated, finally, by the true fascists.
• medium: Both women spent time in Holloway prison awaiting trial, and were vilified by the media.
• commentator: Casual sex, drug-taking and violence are vilified by some commentators.
• public: Farmers are often misunderstood and sometimes vilified by the public.

Modifying Another Word

• so: Gregory Maguire wondered why she had been so vilified.
• n't: You ca n't vilify the music companies for seeking to profit from their intellectual property that is just good business practice.
• not: Bullish posters are not vilified here providing they have evidence to back up their opinions.
• even: Many had a very limited command of Spanish - yet their own indigenous culture was being ignored, even vilified.
• publicly: But publicly vilifying respected SWP and PCS executive members is not a good place to start.

Preposition: by

• press: They were outcasts: ' new age ' travelers vilified by the press, looked on suspiciously by some of the locals.
• medium: Both women spent time in Holloway prison awaiting trial, and were vilified by the media.
• commentator: Casual sex, drug-taking and violence are vilified by some commentators.
• public: Farmers are often misunderstood and sometimes vilified by the public.

Preposition: in

• medium: In a statement, Heather's legal representatives said she had been vilified in the media and was now being stalked by photographers.