vilipend

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/ Hyphenation: vi‧li‧pend === Verb === vilipend (third-person singular simple present vilipends, present participle vilipending, simple past and past participle vilipended) (transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on. Synonyms: belittle, contemn, misprize, slight; see also Thesaurus:trivialize (transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify. Synonyms: abuse, disparage, derogate; see also Thesaurus:defame ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vilipended (adjective) vilipender vilipending (adjective, noun) ==== Related terms ==== vilification vilifier vilify ==== Translations ==== === References ===