diabolized
Portrayed as evil
Diabolized is the past tense of diabolize, meaning to portray or characterize as evil or devilish.
Someone who has been diabolized has been cast as a villain or demon, often unfairly: The media diabolized him before the trial even began.
The word carries connotations of exaggeration or propaganda—making someone out to be worse than they are.
Portrayed as evil
- scapegoatedMade to bear others' fault
- vilifiedSpoke evil of
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
stigmatized · blacklisted · shunned · denounced · censured · dehumanized · marginalized · persecuted
demonized
Portrayed as evil
- scapegoatedMade to bear others' fault
- vilifiedSpoke evil of
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
condemned · stigmatized · blacklisted · shunned · denounced · censured · dehumanized · marginalized · persecuted · discredited
demonic
Of or like devils
fiendish · devilish · Mephistophelean · unholy · accursed · damned · possessed · bewitched · cursed · fallen
perverted
Morally corrupted or distorted
vitiated · warped · degraded · polluted · adulterated · contaminated · twisted · distorted · subverted · misrepresented
diabolizedglorified
Praised beyond merit
lionized · sanctified · canonized · deified · exalted
diabolizeddefended
Shielded from harm
vindicated · exonerated · rehabilitated · whitewashed · championed