vilified

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By 1996, Richard Horton, then the editor of the Lancet, the British medical journal, could marvel: “He is now perhaps the most vilified scientist alive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Her boyfriend was cleared but her landlord, Christopher Jefferies, was arrested, held far longer than was customary for someone never actually charged with a crime, and vilified in the press.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

In this environment, our journalists have found that their efforts to get the real story and be fair were vilified rather than appreciated.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

Her own experience in the workplace left her feeling "vilified and punished severely" when symptoms affected her cognition, pain levels or emotions.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

“A money manager does not go from being a near nobody to being nearly universally applauded to being nearly universally vilified without some effect.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis