vilipend

Questions about vilipend

What does vilipend mean?

vilipend means "belittle".

How many syllables are in vilipend?

vilipend has 3 syllables and divides as vi-li-pend under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for vilipend?

Close synonyms include deprecate, depreciate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vilipend a common word?

vilipend is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.