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To make hurtful and untrue comments about
To prosecute or accuse of wrongdoing
To express disapproval of
To disgrace or reduce the dignity of
To mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality
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To make hurtful and untrue comments about
denigrates
discredits
disparages
vilifies
slanders
maligns
smears
slurs
disgraces
traduces
knocks
decries
asperses
derogates
libels
calumniates
stigmatises
UK
stigmatizes
US
blackens
besmirches
rubbishes
dishonours
UK
tarnishes
deprecates
dishonors
US
vilipends
slams
scandalises
UK
scandalizes
US
pans
insults
roasts
detracts
vituperates
blisters
scorches
offends
villainizes
belies
bad-mouths
drags through the mud
slags off
runs down
drags through the mire
speaks ill of
casts aspersions on
gives a bad name
flings mud at
does a hatchet job on
slings mud at
speaks evil of
does a number on
throws mud at
casts a slur on
blackens the name of
tells lies about
runs a smear campaign against
blackens the character of
lies about
casts slur on
belittles
disses
sullies
degrades
stains
reviles
taints
smirches
attacks
debases
lowers
shames
criticizes
US
slights
blots
censures
criticises
UK
brings into disrepute
gives a black eye
diminishes
puts down
depreciates
defiles
discounts
derides
slates
abuses
injures
minimizes
US
trashes
reproaches
besmears
brings shame on
brings discredit to
assails
dumps on
reflects badly on
dismisses
minimises
UK
tears down
trash-talks
demeans
damages
disrespects
reduces
soils
cries down
brings shame upon
hold cheap
muckrakes
cheapens
impugns
bashes
plays down
spots
undervalues
writes off
rips
condemns
detracts from
underrates
humiliates
spreads scandal about
has a go at
befouls
spoils
backbites
takes down
pours scorn on
embarrasses
talks down
downgrades
pulls apart
blotches
hits out at
takes to pieces
breathes on
trivializes
US
humbles
abases
tars and feathers
ridicules
badmouths
rips up and down
kisses off
lambastes
runs smear campaign
denounces
trivialises
UK
underestimates
devalues
chastens
pooh-poohs
berates
tears into
scorns
misprizes
mocks
gives a bad name to
misrepresents
pillories
makes light of
puts in a bad light
blasts
brings shame to
downplays
sneers at
shows in a bad light
does down
minifies
raps
skewers
pummels
US
bags
undermines
contemns
deflates
dispraises
flames
inveighs against
pulls to pieces
lays into
scoffs at
backstabs
excoriates
cuts to the quick
treats lightly
drags down
brings dishonour to
spreads lies about
blackens the reputation of
fouls
picks holes in
takes down a peg
hammers
blemishes
lessens
mortifies
snubs
taunts
monsters
curses
poisons
compromises
marginalizes
US
rails against
marginalises
UK
fulminates against
blackens someone's name
shoots down
jumps on
throws brickbats at
laughs at
speaks badly of
sullies the reputation of
drags someone's name through the mud
makes lose face
castigates
blasphemes
hurts
lambasts
sinks
hits
scathes
savages
rebukes
burlesques
caricatures
disesteems
prejudices
corrupts
scolds
belabors
US
potshots
nags
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
debauches
sneers
understates
zings
disdains
upbraids
ruins
devaluates
desecrates
persecutes
oppresses
reproves
disregards
shows up
miscalls
slings mud
slangs
hoses
belabours
UK
writes false reports about
brings down
spreads tales about
marks wrong
cuts down
drags name through mud
reflects negatively
sells short
laughs off
takes away from
calls names
conducts a smear campaign against
rips up
cuts down to size
damages the reputation of
muddies the reputation of
casts in a bad light
harms the reputation of
accuses
lampoons
slags
labels
demotes
blights
spites
gossips
destroys
talks trash
blackguards
faults
discountenances
spurns
gossips about
brands
bemeans
insinuates
casts a slur upon
attaints
owns
brings low
strumpets
plasters
rides
puts hooks in
makes fun of
drags through mud
lowers the status of
casts down
loses face
affronts
gives black eye
bad mouths
criticizes unfairly
annoys
cuts up
provokes
skins alive
outrages
looks down one's nose at
writes down
knocks off
vituperates against
blows off
cusses out
shouts at
swears at
weakens
finds fault with
looks down on
aggravates
wounds
decreases
causes to lose face
hits where one lives
puts someone in their place
makes someone eat crow
takes down a peg or two
upsets
squashes
withdraws
squelches
injures one's reputation
damages one's good name
slaps
casts aspersion
accuses falsely
teases
soft-pedals
exposes
reprehends
glosses over
brushes aside
disobliges
irritates
blames
cuta rate
reprobates
execrates
deplores
subtracts from
sledges
shoots full of holes
takes a swipe at
anathematizes
jeers
girds
scoffs
animadverts
gives offence to
rails
complains
causes offence to
treats disrespectfully
cuts dead
hurts somebody's feelings
brings into disfavour
steps on one's toes
throws shade
disapproves of
comes down on
carps at
cavils at
marks down
tears to shreds
snipes at
takes swipe at
demonizes
US
digs
jinxes
demonises
UK
dresses down
calls down
rags on
slashes
objurgates
crucifies
animadverts on
arraigns
rates
mauls
laces into
gives some stick to
nitpicks about
gives a bad press to
gives flak to
reprimands
bags on
chastises
flays
takes to task
picks to pieces
makes little of
thinks little of
canes
despises
carpets
chides
prostitutes
rejects
underplays
demoralizes
US
fustigates
bawls out
chews out
lashes
demoralises
UK
denunciates
finds fault
tears to pieces
skins
hauls over the coals
passes strictures upon
tears a strip off
nags at
treats as unimportant
tears off a strip
gives a rocket
disapproves
poormouths
questions
proscribes
admonishes
mistrusts
repudiates
crushes
scourges
bollocks
gibes
twits
objects
discommends
refutes
tones down
comments negatively
condescends
rollicks
tears apart
animadverts upon
criticizea severely
has a pop at
speaks of with disfavour
takes a dig at
puts away
gives comeuppance
knocks off high horse
deigns
declaims
prosecutes
lashes into
harangues
carps
impeaches
ostracizes
US
ostracises
UK
indicts
clobbers
calls out
charges with
gives something a bad press
declaims against
objects to
protests against
argues with
assaultsq verbally
reads the riot act
fluffs
slugs
trims
slogs
inveighs
zaps
disagrees with
passes judgment
gives the business
picks at
complains about
cuts to bits
gives bad press
nit-picks
messes with
reams out
remonstrates with
piles in
betrays
sails into
starts on
starts in
knocks down
takes on
gives someone hell
sells out
goes for the jugular
raps over the knuckles
bites someone's head off
jumps on one's case
snaps someone's head off
beats down
gets angry with
lashes out
gives someone a roasting
jumps down one's throat
gives someone a rollicking
gives someone a bollocking
gives someone a bad press
perverts
vitiates
depraves
warps
subverts
bastardizes
US
profanes
deteriorates
cankers
brutalizes
US
dehumanizes
US
brutalises
UK
bastardises
UK
dehumanises
UK
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“People expect journalists to be careful when they write articles, but, unless they
defame
a person, they are not liable in negligence to somebody who may be affected by their article, because they do not owe that person a duty of care.”
Verb
▲
To prosecute or accuse of wrongdoing
accuses
indicts
charges
impeaches
incriminates
criminates
inculpates
prosecutes
arraigns
summons
recriminates
prefers charges against
lays charges against
implicates
summonses
blames
cites
sues
arraigns for
prosecutes for
files charges against
impeaches for
takes to court for
brings to trial for
brings charges
puts on trial for
makes accusations about
censures
involves
taxes
frames
fingers
convicts
accuses of
charges with
lays the blame on
incriminates for
hangs something on
serves summons
recriminates for
indicts for
gives away
informs against
drops someone in it
arrests
apprehends
blows the whistle
files claim
faults
imputes
pegs
alleges
sticks on
lays the blame on someone for
implicates in
imputes blame to
points the finger
lodges complaint
taxes with
condemns for
tries for
drags into court
attributes liability to
attributes to
blows the whistle on
holds accountable
whistle-blows
assigns guilt to
blames for
lays blame on
pins on
holds accountable for
holds responsible for
holds answerable for
points finger at
impugns
reprimands
tries
reprehends
takes to court
brings someone to trial
has the law on
puts on trial
calls to account
casts aspersions on
brings charges against
brings a charge against
holds at fault
brings a case against
faces with charges
denounces
condemns
holds responsible
litigates
presses charges
contests
does
holds liable
places the blame on
assigns fault to
assigns liability to
reproves
raps
reproaches
impleads
institutes legal proceedings
files suit
finds guilty
files
declares guilty
pronounces guilty
lays at one's door
takes proceedings
prefers charges
considers guilty of
brings an action against
holds someone answerable
finds guilty of
sees in court
rats on
betrays
admonishes
rebukes
petitions
reports
informs on
denunciates
takes legal action
takes legal action against
files a suit
dobs in
grasses on
hauls into court
acts against
puts away
brings a suit against
pulls up
institutes legal proceedings against someone
proves to be guilty
has up
goes to court
sticks the blame on
pins the blame on
brings to court
goes to law
confronts
serves
lays
saddles
swears out
processes
exposes
scapegoats
appeals
disputes
claims
names
passes the buck
shifts the blame
lays a bad trip on
lays a guilt trip on
brands
shops
singles out
criticizes
US
castigates
brings before the court
takes the law on
pins it on
contests at law
claims damages
proceeds against
files a claim
brings an action
complains
books
vituperates
entraps
tattles on
tells on
curses
takes into custody
delates on
splits on
peaches on someone
squeals on
sets up
stigmatizes
US
fits up
criticises
UK
stigmatises
UK
blackens the name of
files a complaint
jugs
makes a complaint against
makes a charge against
laws
brings legal proceedings against
puts in the dock
brings suit against
turns on the heat
brings a criminal charge against
puts on docket
brings action against
brings suit
involves in litigation
seeks redress
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“Although he was innocent, they chose to
defame
him and ruin his reputation by spreading false accusations.”
Verb
▲
To express disapproval of
reproaches
rebukes
reprimands
reproves
chides
scolds
censures
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
upbraids
admonishes
chastises
berates
carpets
castigates
lambastes
lectures
condemns
abuses
blames
blasts
discredits
flames
rates
calls down
disparages
disses
objurgates
raps
reprehends
trims
bastes
denounces
flays
hammers
jaws
keelhauls
lambasts
rags
rows
scores
wigs
rakes
reams
reprobates
accuses
cavils
disgraces
dishonors
US
dishonours
UK
jawbones
lessons
twits
dresses down
tongue-lashes
rails against
rails at
takes to task
tears into
tells off
gives comeuppance
lays on
rants at
remonstrates with
bawls out
chews out
expresses disapproval of
finds fault with
gives a rocket
hauls over the coals
pulls up
raps over the knuckles
ticks off
calls to task
gives someone a rating
gives someone a row
gives someone a wigging
gives someone some stick
has a go at
points the finger
reams out
tears off a strip
gives a talking-to
gives someone a dressing-down
gives someone an earful
gives someone a roasting
gives someone a telling-off
gives someone a mouthful
gives someone a rollicking
gives the devil
reads the riot act
gives someone what for
slaps someone's wrist
Verb
▲
To disgrace or reduce the dignity of
downgrades
degrades
demeans
disgraces
humbles
humiliates
debases
shames
dishonors
US
abases
dishonours
UK
belittles
denigrates
lowers
disparages
sinks
reduces
diminishes
minimises
UK
minimizes
US
prostitutes
takes down
brings down
casts down
detracts from
Verb
▲
To mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality
brands
stigmatises
UK
stigmatizes
US
characterises
UK
characterizes
US
denounces
labels
discredits
categorises
UK
categorizes
US
classes
classifies
disgraces
exposes
marks
vilifies
besmirches
describes
identifies
pillories
calls
names
taints
marks out
accuses of being
labels negatively
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