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Adjective
▲
Evil in nature or effect
malignant
malicious
malevolent
evil
vicious
hostile
nasty
hurtful
bad
mean
pernicious
baleful
cruel
spiteful
harmful
rancorous
virulent
maleficent
hateful
malefic
injurious
deleterious
detrimental
noxious
destructive
damaging
antagonistic
baneful
wicked
inimical
despiteful
catty
sinister
negative
antipathetic
aspersive
evil-intentioned
more ❯
“We can never really know how far his malign influence has spread.”
Adjective
▲
Marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse
vituperative
vitriolic
abusive
opprobrious
scurrilous
harsh
virulent
withering
belittling
censorious
contumelious
defamatory
derogatory
insulting
invective
sardonic
scurril
scurrile
truculent
vituperatory
calumniating
calumniatory
castigating
critical
denunciatory
derisive
disparaging
insolent
libellousUK
libelousUS
malicious
maligning
obloquious
offensive
ranting
reproachful
reviling
rude
sarcastic
scathing
scolding
slanderous
traducing
upbraiding
vilifying
sharp-tongued
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Cruel or brutal
inhuman
brutal
cruel
savage
vicious
barbaric
heartless
inhumane
merciless
ruthless
barbarous
callous
cold-blooded
remorseless
diabolical
fiendish
pitiless
bestial
sadistic
unfeeling
hard-hearted
harsh
severe
unsympathetic
evil
hard-boiled
heinous
monstrous
wicked
stone-hearted
unforgiving
unkind
unpitying
affectless
atrocious
beastly
brute
butcherly
case-hardened
compassionless
dastardly
desensitisedUK
desensitizedUS
hard
hard-nosed
inconsiderate
indurate
insensate
insensitive
ironhearted
obdurate
pachydermatous
slash-and-burn
soulless
stoney
stony
stonyhearted
take-no-prisoners
thick-skinned
truculent
uncaring
uncharitable
unkindly
unmerciful
unsparing
wanton
egregious
flagitious
sanguinary
cannibalistic
cold-hearted
fell
ferocious
fierce
hateful
implacable
malicious
malignant
mean
relentless
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Resistant to control or authority
willful
froward
intractable
recalcitrant
refractory
ungovernable
unruly
untoward
wayward
balky
contrary
contumacious
defiant
disobedient
headstrong
incompliant
incontrollable
insubordinate
obstreperous
rebel
rebellious
recusant
restive
uncontrollable
unmanageable
awkward
determined
difficult
fractious
maleficent
malevolent
malicious
persistent
resolved
spiteful
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make untrue and slanderous comments about
slander
vilify
defame
traduce
smear
denigrate
disparage
calumniate
libel
slur
asperse
discredit
sully
besmirch
stain
blacken
taint
tarnish
stigmatiseUK
stigmatizeUS
scandaliseUK
scandalizeUS
befoul
derogate
revile
slight
misrepresent
vilipend
badmouth
backbite
burlesque
caricature
mudsling
villainize
bad-mouth
speak ill of
drag through the mire
drag through the mud
run down
cast aspersions on
give a black eye
fling mud at
sling mud at
speak evil of
spread scandal about
give a bad name
tear down
tell lies about
do a hatchet job on
throw mud at
write false reports about
spread tales about
mark wrong
drag name through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
drag someone's name through the mire
sully someone's reputation
taint someone's name
tarnish someone's name
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
accuse falsely
cast aspersion
spread lies about
sully someone's name
blacken someone's character
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
injure the reputation of
more ❯
“He did not set out to falsely malign anyone or advance some hidden political agenda.”
Verb
▲
To belittle or express disapproval of
disparage
denigrate
deprecate
belittle
knock
vilify
criticiseUK
criticizeUS
decry
slam
trash
pan
depreciate
diminish
slur
abuse
discredit
rubbish
scorn
revile
dis
deride
roast
bash
vituperate
flame
insult
ridicule
marginaliseUK
marginalizeUS
mock
opprobriate
bad-mouth
run down
put down
trash-talk
slag off
talk down
detract from
pooh-pooh
hit out at
have a go at
tear into
speak ill of
speak badly of
tear down
take a swipe at
more ❯
“There are some uncharitable souls who would doubt my motives and malign my efforts.”
Verb
▲
To blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language
vituperate
castigate
lambaste
abuse
attack
blast
censure
berate
vilify
revile
slam
slate
rebuke
reprimand
reproach
excoriate
denigrate
upbraid
knock
bash
hammer
condemn
lambast
scold
chastise
trash
savage
assail
rubbish
chide
insult
denounce
carpet
asperse
potshot
belabourUK
belaborUS
slander
roast
scathe
rate
calumniate
traduce
rail
smear
blame
vilipend
skewer
crucify
harangue
lash
curse
slang
contemn
accuse
growl
rile
bad-mouth
lay into
run down
rail against
slag off
jump on
inveigh against
tear into
bawl out
find fault with
tell off
chew out
fulminate against
tongue-lash
take to task
read the riot act
give someone a dressing-down
light into
sail into
cry down
tie into
beat up on
rip into
more ❯
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