diabolises
Portrays as evil
Diabolises is a British spelling of diabolizes, meaning to represent someone or something as evil or demonic.
The word suggests deliberate vilification—portraying a person, group, or idea as wicked or satanic: The press diabolises immigrants to stoke fear.
The effect is to place the target beyond reasonable consideration or sympathy.
Portray as utterly evil
- vilifyAttack someone's reputation
- defameHarm reputation falsely
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
smear · malign · traduce · calumniate · stigmatize · blacken · besmirch · tarnish
demonize
Portray as utterly evil
denigrate · smear · malign · traduce · calumniate · stigmatize · blacken · besmirch · tarnish · disparage
denounce
Publicly declare wrongdoing
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- castigateReprimand severely
- reprobateUnprincipled person beyond reform
reprehend · excommunicate · anathematize · damn · curse · execrate · proscribe · indict · accuse · blame
pervert
Corrupt or distort
taint · warp · subvert · vitiate · contaminate · defile · pollute · befoul · profane · desecrate
diabolisesglorifies
Celebrates with great praise
sanctifies · deifies · venerates · exalts · praises
diaboliseswhitewashes
Conceals wrongdoing with spin
excuses · defends · vindicates · exonerates · absolves