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What is another word for libelling?

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Noun

The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

Adjective

Libelous or maliciously insulting

Verb

Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

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Noun

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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

character assassination

libelling^UK

defamation of character

rumour^UK

rumor^US

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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“The poem must have been written early in Lope's life, during the exile from Madrid imposed on him for his libeling of Elena Osorio's family.”

Adjective

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Libelous or maliciously insulting

Verb

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Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

casting aspersions on

spreading scandal about

tearing down

doing a hatchet job on

telling lies about

writing false reports about

spreading tales about

marking wrong

dragging name through mud

dragging someone's name through the mud

knocking

rubbishing

decrying

dragging through the mud

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mire

bringing into disrepute

bringing discredit to

criticizing^US

running smear campaign

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

blackening the name of

criticising^UK

minimizing^US

sullying the reputation of

minimising^UK

blackening the reputation of

blemishing

hitting out at

conducting a smear campaign against

ridiculing

mocking

running a smear campaign against

pummelling^UK

belaboring^US

throwing brickbats at

zinging

blackening the character of

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

belabouring^UK

blackening someone's name

hitting where one lives

making someone eat crow

putting someone in their place

attainting

showing up

taking down a peg or two

putting in a bad light

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

libelling^UK

giving a bad press to

look down one's nose at

hauling over the coals

giving someone a bad press

giving someone a roasting

casting down

giving someone a rollicking

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

treating with contempt

rapping over the knuckles

bringing down

execrating

giving someone a bollocking

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

letting someone have it

glossing over

holding up to ridicule

tearing apart

giving something a bad press

taking exception to

giving something a battering

taking a swipe at

telling off

rating too low

setting little store by

tearing a strip off

tearing to pieces

passing strictures upon

doing an injustice to

railing at

raking over the coals

laying down the law

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

pitching into

ranting at

turning your nose up at

holding in contempt

lowering the status of

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

expressing disapproval of

taking the piss out of

regarding with contempt

jumping down one's throat

giving someone a wigging

thinking too little of

bringing to book

slapping someone's wrist

giving someone some stick

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

looking down upon

biting someone's head off

kicking up a stink about

passing judgment

lighting to

bringing shame to

turning up one's nose

setting no store by

giving Bronx cheer

speaking of with disfavour

labelling^UK

labeling^US

commenting negatively

questioning

cocking a snook

holding forth against

reviewing unfavorably

knocking off high horse

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

sounding off about

shooting full of holes

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

refusing to acknowledge

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

taking to the woodshed

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

blowing up

jumping down someone's throat

giving someone a caning

going on at

keeping after

having someone on the carpet

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

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