vilipend

verb2

1. •
   (formal, old-fashioned) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
2. •
   (formal, old-fashioned) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.

   • But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large. — 1853