KEY: Vilify.

SYN: Debase, degrade, spoil, deteriorate, mar, defame, traduce, asperse, stigmatize, slander, upbraid, abuse, decry, cheapen.

ANT: Purify, refine, exalt, raise, improve, enhance, eulogize, praise, laud, panegyrize, commend.

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KEY: Villain.

SYN: Scoundrel, ruffian, wretch, [See WATCHFUL].

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KEY: Villainous.

SYN: Base, knavish, depraved, infamous, [See RASCAL].

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