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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
envious
petty
hard
intimidatory
dicey
parlous
precarious
shady
underhand
bellicose
confrontational
combative
relentless
avenging
burning
ruining
killing
destroying
scathy
cranky
contentious
infectious
slashing
painful
joyless
unsociable
militant
uncongenial
stabbing
offended
begruding
sore
insulted
rapier-like
dripping with malice
odious
pitiless
wreakful
out for revenge
retaliatory
merciless
unattractive
loathsome
hellish
murder
dyspeptic
catastrophic
incendiary
cataclysmic
ill-intentioned
peccant
toxiferous
corruptive
epidemic
communicable
unpromising
unlikable
impolite
scrappy
filthy
annoyed
vexed
displeased
irked
piqued
aggrieved
exasperated
irritated
undermining
lethiferous
wrackful
annihilative
internecine
eradicative
extirpative
harassing
wreckful
sinful
suicidal
slaughterous
unlovable
insensitive
shabby
catching
acerb
smart-mouthed
acidic
belittling
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
scalding
pungent
satiric
satirical
unfair
unnourishing
galled
provoked
callous
disease-ridden
plague-like
pettish
petulant
outraged
ghastly
unbearable
frightful
insufferable
irritating
piercing
taunting
innutritious
insanitary
horrible
viperish
disquieting
gloomy
wintryUS
premonitory
fateful
ugly
thoughtless
unloveable
snappish
crotchety
querulous
narky
heartless
junk
tainted
sickly
unhygienic
unhealthful
glowering
moody
ratty
unfeeling
uncaring
coldhearted
irritable
bloody-minded
liverish
bearish
precursive
augural
ill-fated
malificent
warning
presaging
worrying
impending
suggestive
prophetic
clouded
prescient
dismal
doomed
haunting
fearful
dripping venom
spoiledUS
unnutritious
inhumane
hard-hearted
deplorable
scummy
cold-blooded
barbarous
not nice
sadistic
inhuman
eggy
stroppy
enraged
shirty
sulky
creepy
eerie
alarming
full of gall
atrabilious
fractious
unsound
repulsive
spoiltUK
decayed
objectionable
distasteful
impure
pathological
winteryUK
scary
evil-looking
spooky
eldritch
unwelcoming
jaundiced
cold
adversary
adversarial
minatorial
suggestive of evil
dishonest
perverse
blackhearted
icy
frosty
glacial
sordid
ignoble
paltry
severe
brusque
snappy
grouchy
sarky
grumpy
derisive
truculent
curt
contemptuous
cynical
abrasive
quarrelsome
prickly
mocking
frigid
stern
chippy
peppery
disparaging
short-tempered
quick-tempered
touchy
cool
derogatory
keen
snippy
argumentative
contrary
scorching
crusty
sullen
hot-tempered
gruff
disapproving
carping
fiery
jeering
derisory
disrespectful
huffy
chilly
warlike
ungracious
miffy
soreheaded
sneering
impatient
penetrating
captious
aloof
upsetting
scoffing
arctic
fretful
denigratory
deprecatory
insulting
violent
ironic
unapproachable
salty
curmudgeonly
abrupt
snarling
demeaning
deprecating
volatile
dry
peckish
waxy
snaky
indifferent
gelid
frozen
like a bear with a sore head
on a short fuse
uncivil
extreme
scurrilous
feisty
difficult
discourteous
ironical
distressing
repellent
short
disputatious
grumbling
slighting
depreciative
depreciatory
uncomplimentary
fault-finding
scratchy
edgy
stuffy
snippety
unsparing
pejorative
arrogant
raspy
in a mood
short-fused
in a bad mood
thin-skinned
dour
as cross as two sticks
cross-grained
apathetic
distant
vilifying
ridiculing
unneighbourly
unresponsive
derogative
calumniatory
denigrative
degrading
freezing
bleak
loudmouthed
unceremonious
unconcerned
chill
clammy
cold-eyed
antiseptic
uncordial
hard-eyed
brittle
coldish
snarly
ungenerous
assaultive
discordant
agonistic
disinterested
personal
unemotional
extremely critical
vinegary
crude
unmoved
blunt
polar
uptight
hypercritical
misanthropic
tense
unmannerly
wry
contumelious
untouched
hasty
whiny
obstinate
discontented
Siberian
wise
uncooperative
obdurate
alien
oversensitive
stony
sharp-tongued
awkward
litigious
out of sorts
unreceptive
lukewarm
repugnant
unstirred
halfhearted
aversive
unpitying
uncompassionate
morose
out of humour
complaining
bitterly cold
waspy
having got out of bed on the wrong side
mardy
cavilingUS
saturnine
foul-tempered
cavillingUK
having got out of bed the wrong side
doggish
unsavouryUK
unlikeable
off-putting
abhorrent
compassionless
cold-hearted
coruscating
unkindly
unamiable
stringent
unsavoryUS
uncompromising
strict
firm
hardhearted
unchristian
sulphurousUK
sulfurousUS
acetose
clear-cut
crisp
probing
ingoing
sharp-worded
double-edged
unjust
excessive
forceful
heavy
unyielding
unbending
messy
intrusive
impertinent
lewd
familiar
foul-mouthed
cheeky
polemic
rigorous
no-nonsense
laconic
taciturn
bluff
unblunted
apt to fly off the handle
nagging
cursing
censuring
condemning
jealous
backhanded
defiant
offhand
insinuating
rowdy
pithy
grating
salacious
dirty-minded
gossip-mongering
depraved
criticizingUS
scolding
green-eyed
aching
tactless
inappropriate
afflictive
hurting
twitting
chaffing
saucy
needling
austere
cattish
mighty
arsey
edged
offish
off
weisenheiming
galling
acute
vixenish
criticisingUK
boorish
boisterous
comfortless
temperamental
wanton
spiky
disgruntled
bristly
whingy
huffish
sensitive
glum
tooshie
pertinacious
hotheaded
pouty
whining
miserable
crybaby
iracund
iracundulous
pouting
brooding
fussy
bolshie
brawly
gladiatorial
disobliging
zowerswopped
nippy
sub-zero
numbing
subzero
brumal
shivery
nipping
nasty-tempered
out of humor
hot under the collar
sorehead
out of temper
griping
out-of-sorts
chuffy
easily offended
grousing
trying
mumpish
growling
passionate
on edge
dissatisfied
fretting
whingeing
childish
hot-blooded
obstreperous
oppugnant
biffo
aggers
hard to take
perversely irritable
sudden
flip
have a bone to pick
ardent
on the outs
at loggerheads
spoiling for a fight
hot
have chip on shoulder
looking for trouble
have it in for
rubbing the wrong way
unflattering
detracting
uncomfortable
discomforting
unhelpful
eristic
deflating
diminishing
dishonouringUK
icy-cold
bone-chilling
discrediting
unamicable
antisocial
unexpected
unsocial
unaffable
calumnious
intemperate
inclement
wild
withdrawn
reserved
stand-offish
startling
discreditable
traducing
detractive
decrying
mud-slinging
supercilious
unforthcoming
haughty
uncommunicative
impersonal
stiff
hard-nosed
unanticipated
Olympian
starchy
against
conflicting
opposite
estranged
disaffected
competitive
opposed
unneighborly
dishonoringUS
minimizingUS
reproachful
maligning
minimisingUK
aspersing
humiliating
opprobrious
swift
shocking
quick
unforeseen
immediate
rapid
unpredicted
not on speaking terms
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
disdainful
slighting
uncomplimentary
degrading
derisory
sneering
disrespectful
mocking
jeering
depreciatory
demeaning
decrying
denigrative
snide
scoffing
detracting
catty
foul
ridiculing
satirical
negative
taunting
supercilious
deprecating
sniffy
full of contempt
jibing
backbiting
unflattering
teasing
pillorying
affronting
nasty
violent
berating
obnoxious
unmannerly
unfavourableUK
blasphemous
discrediting
lampooning
caustic
uncivil
discourteous
hurtful
detractory
arrogant
sarky
snidey
fault-finding
unfavorableUS
haughty
abhorrent
cynical
snotty
mud-slinging
ironical
irreverent
cheeky
judgmental
minimizingUS
snooty
minimisingUK
mortifying
diminishing
deflating
invidious
unpleasant
depreciating
untrue
false
unfounded
personal
mean
defiant
wounding
discreditable
superior
biting
impertinent
repulsive
hypercritical
overbearing
egotistic
maledictory
scandalmongering
vicious
muckraking
acerbic
disadvantageous
sniping
dyslogistic
downgrading
aspersing
maledictive
slurring
unfriendly
bitter
sharp
impolite
ribald
groundless
obscene
low
infamous
coarse
salacious
gross
indecent
scabrous
uncharitable
abrupt
curt
brusque
unkind
gruff
short
surly
blunt
ungracious
raunchy
lewd
dirty
vituperous
smutty
outrageous
filthy
shameless
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
unsympathetic
Rabelaisian
epithetical
reproving
castigatory
offhand
foul-mouthed
rough
condescending
cavalier
pathetic
silly
ridiculous
cockamamy
absurd
ludicrous
laughable
risible
cockamamie
comical
farcical
preposterous
vain
imperious
proud
gally
out-of-line
flip
cocky
fresh
smart-alecky
smart
sassy
nervy
crusty
snippy
high hat
dog it
hard-nosed
bold
on your high horse
hard
audacious
high and mighty
temperamental
snobbish
uppity
cool
on high horse
upstage
cold-shoulder
for the birds
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
bang-bang
lousy
ugly
noisome
nauseous
noxious
lamentable
woeful
fulsome
sorry
repellant
rancid
dismal
pitiful
pathetic
direful
poor
rank
spine-chilling
off-putting
hair-raising
unfortunate
grave
inexcusable
yucko
scary
paltry
disastrous
hopeless
chronic
crummy
unnerving
pitiable
glaring
formidable
unearthly
unsatisfactory
discreditable
skanky
daunting
unacceptable
regrettable
grotty
serious
abject
creepy
eerie
smutty
uninviting
inadequate
inferior
shoddy
perturbing
troublesome
worrying
redoubtable
wrongful
gloomy
immodest
grotesque
unworthy
grubby
cheap
raunchy
cruddy
sullied
disconcerting
pits
exceptionable
degrading
unsettling
dread
crying
unpardonable
agitating
dislikeable
doleful
depressing
malodorous
striking
blatant
unappetizing
fetidUS
sombreUK
somberUS
smelly
solemn
peccable
lame
scabby
sneaking
ratty
mephitic
bum
bloodcurdling
pongy
stinky
whiffy
grimy
funky
bogging
troubling
mournful
niffy
miasmal
blue
substandard
olid
irreligious
festy
sacrilegious
gut-churning
foetidUK
blasphemous
dingy
blameworthy
stressful
irksome
unrespectable
louche
shy
obvious
useless
godless
inglorious
duff
poxy
arrant
pants
conspicuous
indefensible
patent
catastrophic
fraught
startling
cataclysmic
on the nose
unsightly
pronounced
disheartening
petrifying
third-rate
forlorn
tragical
ridiculous
salacious
harmful
irritating
melancholy
rubbish
suggestive
ghostly
capital
sorrowful
vomitous
adverse
a load of pants
acrid
polluted
foul-smelling
evil-smelling
funereal
sleazy
smudged
bedraggled
befouled
bemired
dusty
uncleanly
draggled
muddy
stained
mucky
besmirched
blackened
unsportsmanlike
grungy
begrimed
soiled
spooky
poison
rebarbative
weird
sepulchral
X-rated
vomit-inducing
dismaying
worrisome
punk
barefaced
humiliating
taxing
bothersome
brazen
ropy
enormous
mediocre
confounded
dreaded
outright
undisguised
treacherous
utter
foreboding
beyond contempt
piteous
audacious
naked
evident
embarrassing
erring
fallen
unconcealed
manifest
discomposing
laughable
complete
astounding
inept
unbecoming
sucky
palpable
transparent
sober
troublous
overt
tremendous
second-rate
absurd
caitiff
injurious
concerning
tainted
morose
dolorous
cheerless
unchaste
lascivious
unhealthy
glum
humourlessUK
humorlessUS
unseemly
scatological
scatologic
anguished
depressive
shuddersome
sedate
sullen
dreary
revulsive
loose
lustful
unwholesome
pornographic
lugubrious
shadowy
hated
out and out
out-and-out
brass-necked
hateable
murky
affecting
tenebrous
raw
porno
barnyard
scabrous
drear
stomach-churning
stomach-turning
off-color
spine-tingling
dislikable
brackish
pestilential
Kafkaesque
sneaky
outcast
scaring
discouraging
terribly bad
good-for-nothing
naughty
cussed
foolish
beneath contempt
demoralizingUS
impoverished
oppressed
undignified
ill-famed
tenth-rate
slimy
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
unreal
downer
bummer
unlucky
unsocial
strange
sublime
lou
cowardly
inequitable
poisonous
drunken
pressing
crucial
cringe-making
discommoding
ill-reputed
urgent
not up to snuff
poverty-stricken
mephistophelean
bad-hearted
servile
menial
defective
stupefying
detested
execrated
melancholic
dispirited
vexing
reviled
backbiting
untrue
maligning
vilifying
traducing
detractive
gossiping
detracting
testing
pressured
frustrating
irretrievable
weighty
staggering
stunning
astonishing
bewildering
amazing
sensational
despised
frozen
gnarly
very disgusting
abnormal
extraordinary
blood-stained
acute
surprising
highly improper
portentous
bodeful
exigent
parlous
graphic
exaggerated
drab
mirthless
abominated
loathed
abhorred
sheer
plain
gruellingUK
arduous
tiring
red hot
bungling
oppressing
scowling
spookish
death-obsessed
melodramatic
explicit
absolute
downright
unqualified
inconvenient
saddening
unappealing
uncool
awkward
fugly
misproportioned
misshapen
freaky
like death warmed up
nagging
demoralisingUK
apparent
unmitigated
significant
major
inconsistent
incompatible
contradictory
opposed
silly
god-awful
rueful
derisory
ludicrous
foolish-looking
disappointing
faint
mortuary
haggard
wraithlike
supernatural
anaemicUK
uncanny
dim
deathlike
corpselike
anemicUS
weak
huckery
maggot
averse
antipathetic
inimical
antagonistic
tricky
antisocial
against
opposite
alien
invidious
extrinsic
counter
extraneous
unconformable
different
unfitted
foreign
irreverent
trashy
sensationalist
overdramatized
colourfulUK
rubbishy
gruelingUS
guilty
nerve-racking
nail-biting
heart-breaking
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
deleterious
damaging
in opposition
kitschy
pulp
like the back end of a bus
as ugly as sin
baneful
mischievous
prejudicial
nocuous
detrimental
late
unheard of
reeking
shock-horror
tacky
vivid
juicy
reeky
a stinker of a
a bummer of a
musty
stenchy
high
fusty
yellow
full-frontal
frowzy
frowsy
miasmic
frowsty
bad news
pigpen
ripe
yecchy
purple
racy
salty
deep
colorfulUS
distinct
garish
open
bold
flaunting
ostentatious
forbidden
taboo
inauspicious
prohibited
proscribed
cataclysmal
unpropitious
unashamed
flagitous
interdicted
banned
censored
flaming
noticeable
disconsolate
joyless
unprintable
bald-faced
bare-faced
sorrowing
grieving
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
heartbroken
no good
devastated
inconsolable
downcast
mourning
despairing
down
distressed
dispiriting
godforsaken
pessimistic
crestfallen
dejected
depressed
downhearted
stick out like sore thumb
frowned on
disapproved of
out of bounds
off limits
darkening
hanging out
unmentionable
impermissible
not to be spoken of
restricted
off-limits
no go
that dare not speak its name
woebegone
tenebrific
chill
sunless
plutonian
lonesome
lonely
elegiacal
dreich
saturnine
Cimmerian
elegiac
cloudy
low-spirited
down in the mouth
long-faced
down in the dumps
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
luckless
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
dishonourUK
disgrace
rubbish
dishonorUS
knock
decry
injure
smirch
damage
blot
detract
slag off
censure
reproach
attack
defile
belittle
besmear
shame
degrade
soil
muckrake
insult
bring discredit to
debase
bring into disrepute
bring shame upon
assail
spoil
cast a slur on
do a number on
lower
spot
disrespect
rip
blotch
breathe on
reflect badly on
bring shame on
run smear campaign
rip up and down
deride
reduce
offend
abuse
scorch
blister
tar and feather
vituperate
roast
blacken the name of
slam
be malicious about
pan
dump on
belie
embarrass
criticizeUS
impugn
hurt
blaspheme
back-bite
blacken the character of
lampoon
criticiseUK
outrage
blemish
kick in the teeth
put down
deprecate
destroy
poison
undermine
ruin
sling mud
blackguard
accuse
be critical of
speak badly of
gossip
lie
spite
backstab
slag
gossip about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
slate
prejudice
pervert
speak of with disfavour
lie about
pull to pieces
put zingers on
cast slur on
poor-mouth
have a go at
have a pop at
drag through mud
be nasty
moan
depreciate
shock
disgust
sneer
strumpet
plaster
hit
mistreat
horrify
appalUK
snub
harm
demean
brand
miff
affront
sicken
repel
revolt
nauseate
humiliate
oppress
maltreat
ill-treat
zing
spatter
blame
compromise
chop
push
insinuate
cap
appallUS
displease
cheat
ill-use
devalue
diminish
blacken name
humble
sink
foul
abase
chasten
cheapen
defame someone's character
give offence to
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
raise eyebrows amongst
dismay
condemn
blackball
cause raised eyebrows
detract from
be spiteful
disconsider
disfavorUS
pooh-pooh
shoot
expose
disesteem
puncture
bring into disfavour
disfavourUK
take down
skin alive
cut up
blow off
put in a bad light
show in a bad light
slap in the face
hit where one lives
cut to the quick
bring to naught
poke full of holes
destroy someone's credibility
reflect on
take rug out from under
blow up
damage someone's reputation
show up
knock bottom out of
frown upon
trespass
aggrieve
persecute
wrong
wound
do wrong to
do injury to
do a disservice to
bad mouth
do an injustice to
offend against
impose upon
sin against
take advantage of
do the dirty on
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
slate
attack
lambaste
condemn
censure
blast
derogate
hammer
asperse
denounce
cast aspersions on
excoriate
inveigh against
diss
savage
lay into
rail against
pillory
pull apart
castigate
pour scorn on
skewer
bag
monster
find fault with
pummelUS
pull to pieces
crucify
berate
pummelledUK
besmirch
defame
reprobate
pick holes in
slander
vilipend
calumniate
rate
objurgate
minimizeUS
fulminate against
lace into
scathe
impugn
reprehend
cut up
discount
arraign
jump on
traduce
slash
dump on
dismiss
minimiseUK
assail
cry down
vituperate against
chastise
throw brickbats at
nitpick about
smear
libel
play down
animadvert on
cavil at
carp at
maul
give a bad press to
reprimand
poor-mouth
slight
do a hatchet job on
belaborUS
sledge
blister
write off
kiss off
rip
undervalue
underrate
take to pieces
give some stick to
belabourUK
disapprove of
rap
reproach
lambast
give flak to
potshot
scoff at
blame
reprove
drag through the mud
stigmatizeUS
upbraid
do down
rebuke
dispraise
flay
sneer at
chide
dress down
trivializeUS
scold
degrade
find fault
underestimate
stigmatiseUK
scorch
slag
fault
trivialiseUK
take down
cut down
curse
bawl out
contemn
downgrade
denunciate
lash
mudsling
treat lightly
slang
minify
detract
misprize
bag on
spread lies about
harangue
hold cheap
pick to pieces
take to task
blacken the name of
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
take down a peg
cut down to size
come down on
demean
give a bad name
carpet
tear to pieces
anathematize
give someone hell
deflate
disdain
shoot down
lower
give someone a roasting
chew out
speak evil of
tear off a strip
make light of
nit-pick
cut to the quick
nag at
throw shade
call names
pick at
tear a strip off
do a number on
bring into disrepute
go for the jugular
tear to shreds
blacken the reputation of
offend
conduct a smear campaign against
blacken
admonish
taunt
cane
debase
understate
downplay
laugh off
laugh at
nitpick
devalue
judge
fustigate
injure
miscall
rip up
rail
clobber
zap
slug
execrate
deplore
pooh pooh
take apart
poor mouth
skin
tongue-lash
skin alive
read the riot act
be rude to
sail into
sling mud at
get at
pass strictures upon
hit
sell short
give a black eye
haul over the coals
call someone names
nitpick over
find lacking
give someone a bad press
disgrace
rant at
lash out at
criticize severely
pitch into
tear apart
get angry with
brand
animadvert upon
criticize unfairly
scourge
lecture
lash into
blacken the character of
scandaliseUK
scandalizeUS
nag
ream
harsh
sneer
proscribe
give a rocket
despise
bollock
cheapen
refute
squelch
squash
persecute
oppress
bad mouth
rollick
poormouth
reject
backbite
ride
zing
hose
give black eye
pass judgment
jump down someone's throat
rake over the coals
give a talking-to
put hooks in
humble
look down on
discountenance
clamor against
spurn
sour grapes
animadvert
prosecute
declaim
blow off
shout at
cuss out
swear at
argue with
assault verbally
object
disapprove
discommend
expostulate
make little of
frown
hurl insults at
give comeuppance
put away
knock off high horse
impeach
ostraciseUK
indict
ostracizeUS
complain
hold forth against
mark down
snipe at
take swipe at
take away
throw stones at
disagree with
think little of
mistreat
dig
demonizeUS
cuss
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
pile in
remonstrate with
ream out
cast a slur on
lay down the law
start on
start in
take dim view of
not go for
demoniseUK
shoot full of holes
take on
blacken someone's reputation
carp
declaim against
run something down
show up
give something a bad press
charge with
rag on
call down
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
rap over the knuckles
trim
fluff
slog
give someone a bollocking
give someone a rocket
give someone a rollicking
jump down one's throat
complain about
put a whammy on
give bad press
cut to bits
affront
annoy
provoke
outrage
throw shade at
hurt
to denigrate
aggravate
wound
take a dig at
disrespect
upset
mortify
slap
humiliate
tease
dishonorUS
irritate
disoblige
abase
gird
jeer
scoff
dishonourUK
give offence to
cause offence to
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt someone's feelings
step on one's toes
accuse
rile
growl
tell off
give someone a dressing-down
light into
tie into
yell at
rip into
beat up on
bark at
rag
jeer at
score
give something a battering
gibe
twit
rally
lampoon
satirizeUS
flout
rail at
satiriseUK
keelhaul
baste
jaw
chasten
chaff
drub
rib
scarify
torment
object to
laugh
take exception to
poke fun at
abhor
quiz
detest
make fun of
hold up to ridicule
make sport of
take the piss out of
give someone bondi
gripe about
shame
be against
frown on
bait
cavil
discipline
look askance at
moan about
grouse about
whine about
grouch about
quibble about
carp about
punish
needle
goad
whip
beat
bellyache about
whinge about
beef about
razz
guy
heckle
jibe at
destroy
hassle
fleer
jest
burlesque
swipe
dump
grin
crack
caricature
travesty
sound off about
leer
snigger
lessen
foul
sink
smirch
kid
send up
haze
scout
remonstrate
bother
jive
banter
lout
slap on the wrist
bemean
gibe at
tantalizeUS
turn up one's nose
swipe at
put someone on the hot seat
treat with contempt
sniff at
crawl all over
look down one's nose at
burn someone's ears
hold in contempt
flout at
sneeze at
take the mickey out of
tantaliseUK
give Bronx cheer
pin someone's ears back
bring down
quip at
put someone on the griddle
rank out
poke mullock at
cast down
criticize harshly
badmouth
take
bring under fire
talk something down
heap
find unacceptable
give a tongue-lashing
shellac
loathe
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
show someone up
exprobate
incriminate
rebuff
scratch
cut
incise
lacerate
lance
hate
devaluate
compromise
jab
twitter
protest against
abominate
read out
look askance
get after
pick apart
knock off
write down
pronounce
name
adjudge
frame
hold up to shame
expose to ridicule
take a dim view of
weigh into
turn your nose up at
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
be contemptuous of
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
be hostile to
argue against
take issue with
point finger at
let have it
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
send up the river
lay at one's door
question
imprecate
think wrong
not support
accurse
snicker
smile
not believe in
regard with disgust
feel revulsion to
feel aversion to
feel disgust for
call to account
hold someone to blame
complain to
hold someone responsible
hold accountable
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
raise an
pass on
oppose
negate
disesteem
be hostile towards
beset
assault
raid
charge
bushwhack
tackle
sic
sick
strike
storm
rush
jibe
wig
set on
turn on
dive into
row
prostitute
corrupt
jolly
pervert
reduce
heap scorn on
correct
harm
bastardizeUS
demoralizeUS
deteriorate
poison
warp
canker
damage
subvert
debauch
deprave
mar
profane
vitiate
crush
embarrass
subdue
go in on
penalizeUS
flog
thrash
cock a snook at
discomfit
penaliseUK
spoil
undermine
brutalizeUS
dehumanizeUS
impair
desensitizeUS
weaken
curl one's lip
abash
demoraliseUK
bastardiseUK
worsen
bump
rule out
brutaliseUK
dehumaniseUK
disbar
desensitiseUK
depose
declass
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
chagrin
pull up
descend upon
pounce on
descend on
wade into
wade in
pounce upon
tick off
quash
let someone have it
josh
snub
wither
break
own
give someone a telling-off
worry
give someone an earful
vanquish
confound
confuse
wind up
plague
give someone a caning
give someone a mouthful
send someone away with a flea in their ear
give someone what for
put on the mat
give someone some stick
slap down
give someone a row
give someone a rating
give someone a wigging
blow up at
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
lean on
make a fool of
put out of countenance
make someone eat humble pie
make someone eat crow
cause to lose face
put to shame
cause to feel small
settle someone's hash
make ashamed
take down a peg or two
take the wind out of someone's sails
bring low
pick on
badger
pester
vex
make jokes about
rot
chiack
joke
fun
be sarcastic about
shuck
bedevil
put on
have on
goof on
titillate
smoke
be at
importune
lead somebody on
manipulate
pull someone's leg
encourage
poke borak at
spoof
flirt with
devil
harass
arouse
harry
nudge
gnaw
lead on
make a monkey of
mess around
dog
sling off at
disturb
give a hard time
sound
beleaguer
hector
excite
pull somebody's leg
snap
more ❯
“There are some uncharitable souls who would doubt my motives and malign my efforts.”
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