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What is another word for
defamation
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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander
Bitter and abusive language
A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act
Loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonorable action
The act of spreading gossip or babble, often involving the passing on of accounts and rumors
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Noun
▲
The act of injuring another's reputation through slander
libel
slander
calumny
vilification
smear
aspersion
denigration
opprobrium
slur
disparagement
obloquy
scandalmongering
traducement
censure
derogation
detraction
dirt
malediction
muckraking
scandal
aspersing
backbiting
calumniation
libeling
US
libelling
UK
maligning
smearing
traducing
vilifying
abuse
aftertale
backstabbing
belittlement
blackening
contumely
criticism
defaming
depreciation
insult
lie
rumor
US
rumour
UK
slime
dump
hit
knock
knocking
mud
rumourmongering
UK
rumormongering
US
slam
character assassination
mud-slinging
bad-mouthing
defamation of character
false report
malicious gossip
slagging-off
tittle-tattle
cheap shot
dirty laundry
smear campaign
black eye
false light
fake news
low-down dirty
slap in face
vituperation
misrepresentation
slight
untruth
aspersions
mudslinging
false accusation
innuendo
scurrility
revilement
lying
put down
rap
deprecation
diminishment
ridicule
insinuation
besmirching
affront
accusation
gossip
talk
misrepresentation of character
dismantlement
dirty linen
hatchet job
hit piece
negative campaign
dirty politics
slam piece
whispering campaign
poison-pen letter
dragging one's name through the mud
reproach
maliciousness
belittling
malicious statement
denunciation
scorn
besmirchment
sullying
stigmatization
US
stigma
false insinuation
stigmatisation
UK
animadversion
invective
attack
stain
taint
reviling
evil-speaking
backhanded compliment
verbal assault
tale
public humiliation
damage
harm
disesteem
minimization
name-calling
smear campaigning
tall tale
scandalous remark
allegation
imputation
rumours
UK
goss
verbal abuse
false imputation
tattle
hearsay
libellous statement
blot on the escutcheon
slanderous statement
rumors
US
chat
malicious rumour
malicious rumours
idle rumor
damning portrayal
negative portrayal
harsh depiction
severe condemnation
disparaging representation
scathing critique
personal attack
negative campaigning
dirty pool
malicious defamation
story
canard
whisper
exposure
exposé
dishing the dirt
revelations
gen
dope
scuttlebutt
lowdown
news
buzz
intimate intelligence
juicy morsel
low-down
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“The newspapers of his antagonists were replete with
defamation
against his character.”
Noun
▲
Bitter and abusive language
vituperation
abuse
invective
obloquy
castigation
vilification
criticism
censure
slander
condemnation
disparagement
denunciation
denigration
upbraiding
revilement
libel
tirade
reproach
insults
calumny
contumely
reprimand
rebuke
fulmination
scurrility
harangue
scolding
calumniation
blame
admonition
vitriol
flak
slating
opprobrium
billingsgate
derogation
aspersions
berating
stick
knocking
slamming
backbiting
bashing
curses
objurgation
verbal
animadversion
chastisement
slurs
denouncement
spitefulness
cattiness
malice
rubbishing
spite
venom
disapprobation
fulminations
savaging
slandering
mud-slinging
bad-mouthing
tongue-lashing
verbal abuse
slagging off
fault-finding
evil-speaking
reviling
character assassination
derision
scurrilousness
railing
insult
traducement
slagging
insolence
attack
reproval
bad press
aspersion
disapproval
stricture
sideswipe
detraction
offense
US
excoriation
scandal
contempt
scorn
lambasting
offence
UK
cursing
disfavour
UK
rudeness
disfavor
US
execration
signifying
deprecation
admonishment
odium
discredit
persecution
rocket
assault
malevolence
disdain
panning
argument
diatribe
jibe
wigging
earful
confrontation
belittlement
impertinence
discourtesy
scandalmongering
muckraking
caning
pugnacity
defilement
bollocking
remark
maligning
carpeting
rollicking
indignity
backstabbing
smearing
depreciation
combativeness
broadside
roasting
lie
disagreement
blast
belligerence
philippic
impugnment
slur
rant
polemic
dressing-down
slights
verbal onslaught
verbal assault
telling-off
ticking off
tale
swearing
rap over the knuckles
indignities
expletives
jibes
rebukes
hectoring
teasing
jeering
disrespect
slanging
malicious talk
quinine
verbals
knifing
hosing
put-downs
stream of abuse
foul language
swear words
verbal attack
a caning
torrent of abuse
a roasting
name-calling
a lashing
trash talk
a wigging
a rocket
a rollicking
kicking around
pushing around
a bollocking
slanging match
hate speech
reproof
chiding
lecture
remonstration
talking-to
reprehension
remonstrance
rap
ticking-off
bawling-out
rating
reprobation
dressing down
riot act
slap on the wrist
commination
serve
jeremiad
brickbats
row
objection
telling off
recrimination
accusation
knock
implication
discourse
expostulation
opposition
put down
repudiation
screed
swipe
hostility
smear
brickbat
arraignment
roast
nitpicking
exprobation
piece of your mind
talking to
going-over
hard time
decrying
battering
chewing out
sermon
disputation
critique
dispute
slam
pan
faultfinding
carping
cavilling
UK
cavil
slap
hit
sledge
caution
caviling
US
counsel
nit-picking
verbal disapproval
ragging
comeuppance
warning
going over
a bad press
rap on the knuckles
blowing-up
flea in ear
harsh criticism
anathematization
angry exchange
epithet
sarcasm
ridicule
philippics
blasphemy
belittling
lessening
degradation
shame
counterblast
censoriousness
injunction
caveat
disrepute
debasement
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
bad language
discipline
flea in the ear
displeasure
slap on the wrists
slight
stain
mocking
diminishment
dissatisfaction
blowing up
rebuff
blemish
jab
mocking comment
raps
knocks
enmity
underestimation
verbal thrashing
verbal blasting
bone to pick
bone of contention
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
correction
chewing-out
punishment
upbraid
scold
prejudice
harassment
heat
fire
ill will
preachment
moralism
preaching
damning
being put in one's place
tick off
haul over the coals
tell off
stigmatisation
UK
stigmatization
US
proscription
a bawling-out
an earful
a row
a bashing
critical remarks
examen
quibble
damnation
complaints
conviction
sentence
takedown
notice
captiousness
complaint
judgement
UK
doom
judgment
US
cut
blaming
eat the head off someone
down the banks
chew out
a tongue-lashing
a dressing-down
bawling out
what for
calling down
oral punishment
slap on wrist
critical remark
anvil chorus
harsh call
call down
bad notice
outburst
malediction
anger
ranting
more ❯
Noun
▲
A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act
insult
slight
affront
slur
barb
dig
indignity
outrage
epithet
offence
UK
cut
slap
brickbat
diss
sarcasm
dis
offense
US
snub
gird
dart
abuse
poke
disparagement
name
aspersion
taunt
slander
derision
libel
mockery
obloquy
vilification
jibe
scorn
personality
injury
disrespect
contempt
contumely
opprobrium
humiliation
insolence
rudeness
slam
shame
ignominy
impertinence
discourtesy
impudence
vituperation
scurrility
aspersions
depreciation
revilement
blasphemy
incivility
invective
sledge
superciliousness
impugnment
despite
disdainfulness
flame
pejorative
unpleasantry
put down
backhanded compliment
slap in the face
black eye
cheap shot
abusive remark
kick in the teeth
harsh call
disses
slights
insults
digs
put downs
affronts
slurs
cuts
epithets
barbs
indignities
snubs
slaps in the face
offenses
US
brickbats
darts
girds
pokes
slaps
offences
UK
names
taunts
left-handed compliments
black eyes
jibes
criticism
scoffings
scandals
backhanded compliments
kicks in the teeth
sledges
wisecracks
burlesque
censures
banter
raillery
comebacks
lampoonings
injustice
zingers
hits
displeasure
indignation
gibes
hurts
harm
defamations
cheap shots
revilements
flames
pejoratives
corrosiveness
mordacity
rancor
US
bitterness
sharpness
ridicule
causticness
irony
causticity
acerbities
mordancies
satire
acrimony
floutings
sneerings
cynicism
rancour
UK
acidity
trenchancy
acridity
dysphemism
microaggression
atrocity
provocation
desecrations
wrongs
back-handed compliments
shafts
jeers
rebuffs
stings
spite
sneers
scoffs
goadings
vitriol
tauntings
gibings
scurrilities
forcefulness
incisiveness
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Noun
▲
Loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonorable action
disgrace
shame
discredit
ignominy
disrepute
infamy
opprobrium
obloquy
odium
contempt
degradation
dishonour
UK
scandal
disesteem
stigma
condemnation
disfavour
UK
disrespect
humiliation
ill-repute
slight
slur
crime
disapprobation
disapproval
dishonor
US
embarrassment
reproach
taint
vilification
blemish
blot
debasement
debasing
derision
derogation
reprobation
stain
tarnish
abasement
baseness
comedown
contumely
corruption
culpability
disbarment
disfavor
US
humbling
ingloriousness
meanness
misgrace
pollution
prostitution
scorn
sin
slander
spot
strife
turpitude
venality
loss of face
ill repute
black eye
indignity
mortification
notoriety
smear
reflection
loss of pride
smirch
abashment
censure
unpopularity
chagrin
aspersion
discomfiture
shamefulness
brand
black mark
blow to one's pride
ill fame
disreputableness
affront
blame
scar
demerit
offence
UK
offense
US
imputation
depreciation
detraction
notoriousness
flaw
vitiation
onus
smudge
ignobility
put down
ill favour
disgracefulness
bad reflection
lost face
bad name
disreputability
egg on one's face
dishonorableness
wickedness
depravity
evil
immorality
vileness
blot on the escutcheon
doghouse
opprobriousness
ignominiousness
unhonour
UK
fault
degeneracy
mistrust
distrust
unscrupulousness
unhonor
US
condescension
discomposure
outrage
damage
imperfection
dishonesty
resignation
injury
bad books
loss of reputation
insult
shaming
slam
discomfort
dissolution
bar sinister
humble pie
slap in the face
smack in the face
treachery
self-abasement
loss of self-respect
disparagement
mark
criticism
besmirchment
loss of honor
hit
abomination
bad odour
slap
impropriety
injustice
smarting
defect
shamefacedness
compunction
hint
suggestion
punishment
exposé
dump
lowering
downgrading
harm
disregard
misery
self-consciousness
animadversion
stricture
snub
blight
tarnishing
bad reputation
submissiveness
rebuff
submission
red face
skeleton in the cupboard
loss of dignity
bad odor
low esteem
belittlement
loss of respect
lack of respectability
crawling
prostration
looking foolish
fluster
unworthiness
confusion
source of discredit
swallowing one's pride
touché
brush-off
disconcertment
eating crow
humility
humbleness
kick in the teeth
mental pain
eating humble pie
self-effacement
demotion
subjugation
downgrade
awkwardness
vexation
bring down
exposure
naming and shaming
public disgrace
sinfulness
badness
iniquity
heinousness
viciousness
wrong
sordidness
corruptness
iniquitousness
crookedness
lawlessness
knavery
foulness
malfeasance
dissipation
lawbreaking
devilishness
unseemliness
shadiness
bad
contemptibility
vulgarity
wretchedness
pettiness
deviltry
depravation
ill
despicability
unsavouriness
villainy
scoundrelism
rudeness
double-dealing
low-mindedness
castigation
denunciation
abuse
flak
upbraiding
scolding
excoriation
denigration
reproof
reproval
calumny
vituperation
admonishment
chiding
objurgation
lambasting
character assassination
slagging off
tongue-lashing
insignificancy
rebuke
reprimand
admonition
lecture
rap
remonstration
ridicule
roasting
carpeting
rollicking
earful
commination
belittling
disdain
lessening
wigging
serve
accusation
reprehension
rating
chastisement
recrimination
deprecation
vitriol
remonstrance
critique
mocking
slamming
slating
diminishment
dressing-down
riot act
telling-off
faultfinding
panning
backstabbing
slagging
underestimation
berating
backbiting
slap on the wrist
ticking off
rap over the knuckles
ticking-off
carping
nitpicking
cavilling
UK
prejudice
cavil
roast
knocking
caviling
US
libel
fault-finding
invective
revilement
insults
verbal disapproval
nit-picking
calumniation
aspersions
stick
verbal
tirade
scurrility
attack
sideswipe
reviling
signifying
execration
mud-slinging
bad-mouthing
bad press
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of spreading gossip or babble, often involving the passing on of accounts and rumors
talebearing
gossip
account
babble
blather
blether
buzz
calumny
chatter
chitchat
clothesline
conversation
cry
earful
grapevine
hearsay
meddling
news
prate
prattle
report
rumor
US
rumourmongering
UK
rumormongering
US
rumour
UK
scandal
scuttlebutt
slander
story
tale
talk
tattle
wire
word
back-fence talk
dirty laundry
dirty linen
dirty wash
idle talk
malicious talk
small talk
telling tales
tittle-tattle
whispering campaign
rumours
UK
whispers
tales
stories
US
dirt
canards
titbits
goss
noise
dish
on dit
rumors
US
bruit
skinder
storeys
UK
Kaffeeklatsch
labrish
shu-shu
mud-slinging
smear campaign
malicious gossip
bavardage
word of mouth
furphy
leak
idle chatter
talk of the town
chat
rumble
chit-chat
comment
common talk
mere talk
secondhand information
unsubstantiated information
second-hand information
titbit
latest
insinuation
speculation
hint
suggestion
allegation
breeze
innuendo
claim
intelligence
tidings
unconfirmed report
word on the street
secret
whisper
canard
more ❯
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