Star Chic puzzletime

[DJAN73]

Last one and I'm badly stuck
14a Vilify (6) ?E?A?E (could be BERATE, DEFAME or DEBASE)
all suggestions welcome
Thanking you in advance

[cupid04]

I personally would go with defame as vilify means to blacken ones character.

[glasman]

I would consider all three to be appropriate answers.

[DJAN73]

Thank you CUPID04

[ELVIS68]

agree, defame

[glasman]

Main Entry: vilify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: criticize very harshly
Synonyms: abuse, asperse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, berate, blister, call down, caluminate, censure, curse, cuss, damn, debase, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, dig*, disparage, dress down, dump on, give a black eye, jinx, knock*, libel, malign, mistreat, mudsling, pan, put a whammy on, put down*, rag on, rap, revile, rip up, roast, run down, scorch, skin alive, slam*, slander, slur, smear, speak ill of, tear down, tear into, traduce, vituperate, voodoo

[cupid04]

Have you swallowed a dictionary, Glasman?

[glasman]

Impressive, wasn't it? Cant take credit - just copy and paste from Thesaurus.com.

[ELVIS68]

I thought glasman was singing the new Eminem single