vilipended

verb

past tense of vilipend
as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of one of those elitists who regularly vilipends popular culture

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  1. dismissed
  2. minimized
  3. diminished
Verb
  • Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Profit is simply what remains after wages are held down, taxes are minimized, and costs are pushed onto workers, communities, and the environment.
    — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Thornton has minimized the relevance of the previous paragraph.
    — Sam McDowell October 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of minimized
Verb
  • The weather service canceled the flood watch for nearly all the Kansas City forecast area because the threat of additional heavy rain had diminished.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • One can see this when a paint’s color appears diminished and faded.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminished
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“Vilipended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vilipended. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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