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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
vilification
    n 1: slanderous defamation [syn: smear, vilification,
         malignment]
    2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student
       made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled
       insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult,
       revilement, contumely, vilification]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vilification \Vil`i*fi*ca"tion\
   (v[i^]l`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
   The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. --South.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Vilification:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade, tongue-lashing, vituperation
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