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Noun

Plural for any damaging or unflattering representation or statement

Plural for bitter and abusive language

Plural for a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act

Plural for an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act

To make hurtful and untrue comments about

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Noun

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Plural for any damaging or unflattering representation or statement

rumors^US

rumours^UK

innuendos

lyings

character assassinations

stories^US

backhanded compliments

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“A newcomer to the newsroom with no background in what constitutes libel is a time bomb waiting to go off.”

Noun

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Plural for bitter and abusive language

character assassinations

offenses^US

offences^UK

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Noun

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Plural for a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act

offences^UK

offenses^US

backhanded compliments

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Noun

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Plural for an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act

Verb

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To make hurtful and untrue comments about

stigmatises^UK

stigmatizes^US

scandalises^UK

scandalizes^US

spreads scandal about

tears down

does a hatchet job on

tells lies about

writes false reports about

spreads tales about

marks wrong

drags name through mud

drags someone's name through the mud

knocks

decries

rubbishes

drags through the mud

dishonours^UK

dishonors^US

drags through the mire

brings into disrepute

criticizes^US

criticises^UK

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

sullies the reputation of

runs a smear campaign against

conducts a smear campaign against

blackens the reputation of

belabors^US

pummels^US

demonizes^US

demonises^UK

belabours^UK

blackens someone's name

blackens the character of

trivializes^US

trivialises^UK

puts someone in their place

causes to lose face

loses face

disfavors^US

disfavours^UK

makes someone eat crow

takes down a peg or two

treats disrespectfully

hurts somebody's feelings

gives someone a bad press

gives someone a roasting

gives someone a rollicking

raps over the knuckles

finds lacking

reads the riot act

nitpicks over

gives someone a bollocking

anathematizes

take issue with

looks down one's nose at

satirizes^US

satirises^UK

gives something a bad press

gives something a battering

passes strictures upon

expresses disapproval of

gives someone an earful

gives someone a mouthful

lowers the status of

gives someone a telling-off

gives someone a rating

turns your nose up at

gives someone a dressing-down

expresses a poor opinion of

dehumanizes^US

dehumanises^UK

regards with contempt

jumps down one's throat

kicks up a stink about

gives someone a wigging

takes the piss out of

brings to book

bites someone's head off

gives someone what for

slaps someone's wrist

heaps scorn on

takes exception to

gives someone some stick

bastardizes^US

knocks off high horse

demoralises^UK

demoralizes^US

writes down

knocks off

has a pop at

speaks of with disfavour

makes jokes about

treats contemptuously

sets too little store by

snaps someone's head off

bastardises^UK

brings into disfavour

tells someone to get lost

says contemptuously

curls your lip at

has a crack at

makes cutting remarks about

gives the cold shoulder to

gives someone the brush-off

refuses to acknowledge

takes to the woodshed

jumps down someone's throat

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

blows up

keeps after

puts on the mat

gives someone a caning

goes on at

has someone on the carpet

takes a stand against

raises objections to

lodges a protest against

frowns upon

complains vociferously about

speaks out against

objects strongly to

opposes strongly

kicks up a fuss about

takes issue

takes exception

protests against

expresses disagreement with

does an impression of

takes off

does a takeoff of

puts on

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“Essentially, the video in question was a deliberate attempt to libel and defame a private citizen.”

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