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Noun

The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

Adjective

Tending to, or intended to, disparage or belittle

Verb

Present participle for attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of

Present participle for make disparaging charges against someone

Present participle for to perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling with, or immersing in, water

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Noun

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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

libeling^US

libelling^UK

character assassination

defamation of character

rumor^US

rumour^UK

misrepresentation of character

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

rumours^UK

rumors^US

backhanded compliment

blot on the escutcheon

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

stories^US

offence^UK

storeys^UK

rap over the knuckles

talebearing

juicy morsel

intimate intelligence

low-down

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“I will only say this now, that the letter says his aspersing of the clergy and churchmen at Taunton is most false and scandalous.”

Adjective

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Tending to, or intended to, disparage or belittle

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

libeling^US

criticizing^US

politically incorrect

cavilling^UK

libelling^UK

caviling^US

criticising^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of

libelling^UK

libeling^US

blackening

detracting

casting aspersions on

criticizing^US

doing a hatchet job on

dragging through the mud

criticising^UK

dishonoring^US

pummelling^UK

dragging through the mire

minimizing^US

throwing brickbats at

ripping

discounting

bringing into disrepute

bringing discredit to

spreading scandal about

minimising^UK

blackening the name of

running smear campaign

giving a bad press to

tarring and feathering

sullying the reputation of

blackening the character of

belaboring^US

blackening the reputation of

belabouring^UK

conducting a smear campaign against

undermining

poisoning

giving someone a roasting

faulting

running a smear campaign against

dragging someone's name through the mud

laughing off

laughing at

giving a rocket

hauling over the coals

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

cheapening

slinging mud

treating disrespectfully

blackening someone's name

trimming

ostracizing^US

tongue-lashing

ostracising^UK

skinning

giving someone a dressing-down

lighting to

writing false reports about

sailing into

spreading tales about

giving someone a bollocking

look down one's nose at

rapping over the knuckles

passing strictures upon

giving someone a rollicking

taking down

dragging name through mud

nagging at

lashing out at

speaking of with disfavour

knocking off high horse

holding forth against

giving something a bad press

hurting somebody's feelings

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

shooting full of holes

expostulating

preaching

giving someone a wigging

taking to the woodshed

going on at

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

ticking off

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone some stick

bringing to book

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

laying down the law

blowing up

giving someone an earful

slapping someone's wrist

keeping after

giving a talking-to

jumping down someone's throat

biting someone's head off

letting someone have it

pulling up

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

giving someone a caning

having someone on the carpet

railing at

slapping down

raking over the coals

giving someone a bad press

treating with contempt

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

holding up to ridicule

giving something a battering

rating too low

setting little store by

doing an injustice to

turning your nose up at

holding in contempt

lowering the status of

expressing disapproval of

putting in a bad light

dehumanising^UK

opposing

taking the piss out of

regarding with contempt

jumping down one's throat

ranking out

quipping at

thinking too little of

kicking up a stink about

bringing shame to

turning up one's nose

labelling^UK

labeling^US

refuting

disvaluing

riding

commenting negatively

reviewing unfavorably

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

giving a bad name to

causing to lose face

thumbing one's nose

jumping on one's case

going for the jugular

lashing out

snapping someone's head off

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

treating contemptuously

showing in a bad light

telling someone to get lost

bringing into disfavour

giving the cold shoulder to

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

sweeping aside

aping

refusing to acknowledge

having no use for

having contempt for

underweening

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

doing an impression of

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

raising objections to

complaining vociferously about

fighting

lodging a protest against

kicking up a fuss about

combatting

taking exception

taking a stand against

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“I asked him what he meant by coming here to asperse my character.”

Verb

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Present participle for make disparaging charges against someone

casing reflections on

damaging one's good name

giving a black eye

injuring one's reputation

Verb

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Present participle for to perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling with, or immersing in, water

baptising^UK

baptizing^US

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