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Adjective
Assailed with contemptuous language
Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated
Verb
Past tense for to make untrue and slanderous comments about
Past tense for to belittle or express disapproval of
Past tense for to make spitefully critical comments
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Adjective
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Assailed with contemptuous language
abused
rejected
scorned
Adjective
▲
Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated
injured
wronged
abused
harmed
offended
insulted
mistreated
vilified
defamed
dishonored
US
dishonoured
UK
ill-treated
ill-used
maltreated
tainted
blackened
tarnished
denigrated
impugned
aggrieved
upset
outraged
hurt
affronted
slighted
humiliated
disrespected
disgraced
shamed
mocked
cursed
ridiculed
libeled
US
libelled
UK
reviled
slandered
in a huff
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make untrue and slanderous comments about
slandered
vilified
defamed
traduced
smeared
denigrated
disparaged
calumniated
libelled
UK
libeled
US
slurred
aspersed
discredited
sullied
besmirched
stained
blackened
tainted
tarnished
stigmatised
UK
stigmatized
US
scandalised
UK
scandalized
US
befouled
derogated
reviled
slighted
misrepresented
vilipended
badmouthed
backbit
backbitten
burlesqued
caricatured
villainized
bad-mouthed
spoke ill of
spoken ill of
dragged through the mire
dragged through the mud
ran down
run down
cast aspersions on
gave a black eye
given a black eye
flung mud at
slung mud at
spoke evil of
spoken evil of
spread scandal about
gave a bad name
given a bad name
tore down
torn down
told lies about
did a hatchet job on
done a hatchet job on
threw mud at
thrown mud at
wrote false reports about
written false reports about
spread tales about
marked wrong
dragged name through mud
dragged someone's name through the mud
ran a smear campaign against
run a smear campaign against
blackened someone's name
accused falsely
cast aspersion
spread lies about
detracted
hit
cast a slur on
decried
belittled
smirched
blotted
dishonoured
UK
dishonored
US
injured
insulted
attacked
defiled
damaged
slammed
panned
roasted
assailed
muckraked
depreciated
scorched
blistered
belied
sneered
strumpeted
plastered
blasphemed
slung mud
run smear campaign
moaned
hat
hitten
ran smear campaign
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“He did not set out to falsely
malign
anyone or advance some hidden political agenda.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to belittle or express disapproval of
disparaged
denigrated
deprecated
belittled
knocked
vilified
criticised
UK
criticized
US
decried
slammed
trashed
panned
depreciated
diminished
slurred
abused
discredited
rubbished
scorned
reviled
dissed
derided
roasted
bashed
vituperated
flamed
insulted
ridiculed
marginalised
UK
marginalized
US
mocked
bad-mouthed
ran down
run down
put down
trash-talked
slagged off
talked down
detracted from
pooh-poohed
hit out at
had a go at
tore into
torn into
spoke ill of
spoken ill of
spoke badly of
spoken badly of
tore down
torn down
took a swipe at
taken a swipe at
cast aspersions on
aspersed
attacked
censured
defamed
derogated
lambasted
slandered
slated
pummelled
UK
besmirched
calumniated
traduced
libeled
US
libelled
UK
condemned
smeared
cut up
blasted
hammered
denounced
excoriated
pilloried
savaged
dishonoured
UK
inveighed against
laid into
disgraced
vilipended
dragged through the mud
pulled apart
blackened
railed against
dishonored
US
castigated
assailed
stigmatized
US
reproached
pulled to pieces
injured
poured scorn on
skewered
found fault with
degraded
bagged
hurt
ripped
impugned
stigmatised
UK
pummeled
US
dumped on
crucified
berated
sullied
scandalized
US
cast a slur on
scandalised
UK
picked holes in
slighted
minimized
US
reprobated
rated
scathed
blistered
fulminated against
objurgated
stained
debased
discounted
tarnished
reprehended
lowered
spread scandal about
slung mud at
smirched
laced into
jumped on
brought into disrepute
dragged through the mire
detracted
besmeared
dismissed
slashed
damaged
shamed
disrespected
minimised
UK
blotted
arraigned
cut down
chastised
cried down
soiled
defiled
sledged
scorched
did a hatchet job on
done a hatchet job on
played down
tainted
reprimanded
nitpicked about
brought discredit to
vituperated against
mauled
belabored
US
brought shame upon
cut to the quick
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
muckraked
flung mud at
undervalued
spotted
carped at
cavilled at
underrated
kissed off
offended
rapped
blotched
belaboured
UK
cut down to size
breathed on
blackened the name of
reflected badly on
potshotted
befouled
spread lies about
brought shame on
slagged
disapproved of
scoffed at
reproved
ripped up and down
upbraided
reduced
rebuked
oppressed
dispraised
dressed down
persecuted
found fault
tarred and feathered
sneered at
trivialized
US
blamed
gave a bad name
given a bad name
run smear campaign
underestimated
faulted
maltreated
mistreated
done a number on
did a number on
demeaned
flayed
trivialised
UK
gave a black eye
given a black eye
chid
chided
wound
wounded
harmed
scolded
curst
cursed
bawled out
contemned
denunciated
misrepresented
poor-mouthed
lashed
thrown brickbats at
threw brickbats at
slanged
wronged
downgraded
aggrieved
trespassed
animadverted on
minified
misprized
harangued
read the riot act
gave a bad press to
given a bad press to
ill-treated
humiliated
shot down
hit
treated lightly
taunted
wrote off
written off
bagged on
offended against
picked to pieces
come down on
held cheap
carpeted
blackened the character of
gave some stick to
given some stick to
blemished
sullied the reputation of
anathematized
devalued
deflated
embarrassed
disdained
chewed out
undermined
poisoned
gave flak to
given flak to
took to pieces
taken to pieces
thrown mud at
threw mud at
called names
taken down
took down
made light of
picked at
done down
did down
upset
ran smear campaign
nagged at
imposed upon
lampooned
accused
spoken evil of
spoke evil of
outraged
badmouthed
teased
blackened the reputation of
abased
caned
conducted a smear campaign against
zinged
scoffed
cheapened
humbled
prejudiced
nitpicked
cast slur on
put zingers on
judged
fustigated
miscalled
slang
railed
hit where one lives
downplayed
clobbered
understated
slugged
zapped
execrated
deplored
treated disrespectfully
skinned alive
cut dead
skinned
hurt somebody's feelings
sailed into
got at
put in a bad light
threw shade
thrown shade
did an injustice to
done an injustice to
took to task
taken to task
sold short
beat up on
backbitten
backbit
hauled over the coals
showed up
came down on
ripped up
did wrong to
done wrong to
nitpicked over
found lacking
passed strictures upon
passed judgment
did the dirty on
taken down a peg
ranted at
took down a peg
laughed off
put away
put hooks in
cut to bits
done the dirty on
laughed at
lashed out at
given someone hell
gave someone hell
pitched into
gave someone a roasting
given someone a roasting
blasphemed
tore off a strip
torn off a strip
affronted
nit-picked
annoyed
provoked
aggravated
torn to pieces
tore to pieces
spited
gossipped
lied
gossiped
backstabbed
tore a strip off
torn a strip off
did injury to
done a disservice to
did a disservice to
done injury to
gone for the jugular
went for the jugular
taken advantage of
took advantage of
torn to shreds
tore to shreds
mortified
gossiped about
snubbed
slapped
branded
admonished
bollocked
insinuated
refuted
chastened
villainized
belied
rollicked
proscribed
demonized
US
disobliged
irritated
had a pop at
dug
jinxed
fouled
demonised
UK
nagged
told lies about
run a smear campaign against
destroyed
rejected
growled
riled
demoted
exposed
girt
jeered
girded
disfavored
disfavoured
cheated
compromised
argued with
scourged
disesteemed
disagreed with
distressed
carped
hosed
caused offence to
prosecuted
declaimed
ruined
blackguarded
piled in
reamed out
remonstrated with
told off
harshed
squashed
sneered
tongue-lashed
poormouthed
ill-used
impeached
ostracized
US
ostracised
UK
indicted
started on
started in
squelched
inveighed
fluffed
slogged
trimmed
gotten at
lit into
discommended
made little of
objected
disapproved
frowned
expostulated
stepped on one's toes
cussed out
shouted at
called down
tied into
disregarded
given a rocket
gave a rocket
hitten
hat
ripped into
yelled at
ragged on
thought little of
rapped over the knuckles
snapped someone's head off
jumped on one's case
animadverted
complained about
declaimed against
slung mud
lashed out
brought into disfavour
given someone a bad press
gave someone a bad press
hurled insults at
not gone for
called out
jumped down one's throat
looked down on
spurned
shot full of holes
complained
held forth against
animadverted upon
sinned against
charged with
dragged someone's name through the mud
blackened someone's name
discountenanced
knocked off high horse
marked down
dragged through mud
lashed into
bad mouthed
jumped down someone's throat
sniped at
clamored against
criticized unfairly
caused harm to
criticizes severely
spoke of with disfavour
spoken of with disfavour
laid
lay
got angry with
gotten angry with
sank
sunken
sunk
lay about
lain about
ran a smear campaign against
given offence to
gave offence to
taken apart
took apart
rid
rode
ridden
assaulted verbally
gave someone a dressing-down
given someone a dressing-down
blown off
swore at
blew off
sworn at
took on
taken on
barked at
given something a bad press
gave something a bad press
torn apart
tore apart
gave comeuppance
given comeuppance
taken dim view of
took dim view of
shown in a bad light
showed in a bad light
given bad press
gave bad press
given the business
gave the business
taken away
threw stones at
took swipe at
took away
taken swipe at
thrown stones at
gave black eye
given black eye
bit someone's head off
bitten someone's head off
took a dig at
taken a dig at
done wrong by
did wrong by
gave someone a rollicking
given someone a bollocking
given someone a rollicking
gave someone a bollocking
let someone have it
lectured
railed at
ragged
ticked off
keelhauled
basted
jawed
scored
pulled up
wigged
rowed
objected to
caviled
US
cavilled
UK
expressed disapproval of
sounded off
slapped down
put on the mat
kicked up a stink about
remonstrated
griped
fulminated
protested
kicked
opposed
given a talking-to
gave a talking-to
grumbled
moaned
made a fuss about
kicked up a fuss about
groused
beefed
thundered
reamed
protested against
kvetched
raved at
quibbled about
challenged
split hairs
raked over the coals
raised objections to
gave someone an earful
given someone a telling-off
given someone an earful
gave someone a telling-off
gave someone a mouthful
given someone a row
let fly at
given someone a mouthful
gave someone a row
called to account
put up a fight against
let fly
raged
grouched
whined
ranted
bleated
quibbled
whinged
fussed
took exception to
taken exception to
bellyached
given someone a wigging
gave someone what for
given someone what for
gave someone a rating
gave someone a wigging
given someone a rating
crabbed
griped about
groused about
moaned about
demurred
frowned on
beefed about
exprobated
checked
disputed
excepted
opposed strongly
abhorred
detested
despised
taken issue with
took issue with
monished
lessoned
called on the carpet
kicked up a fuss
given someone a caning
sent someone away with a flea in their ear
called over the coals
expostulated about
complained vociferously about
gave someone a caning
slapped someone's wrist
grope
gripen
abominated
given something a battering
gave something a battering
blew up
blown up
grizzled
stormed
imprecated
fumed
grumped
caterwauled
screamed
wailed
keened
repined
niggled
carped about
grouched about
whined about
recriminated
cast a slur upon
laid down the law
yawped
murmured
squealed
maundered
hollered
yammered
muttered
croaked
whimpered
squawked
vociferated
argued
whinged about
bellyached about
burst out
chuntered
read out
looked askance at
made a stand
expressed disagreement with
lodged a protest against
remonstrated against
hypercriticized
created
mithered
argued against
raked
sounded off about
yowled
yauped
mouthed off about
criticized harshly
jawboned
took a stand against
taken a stand against
ranted about
frowned upon
given someone some stick
remonstrated about
set upon
waded into
hit out
thundered against
gave someone some stick
made a protest against
dissented
complained bitterly about
raged against
jumped all over
protested strongly at
kvetched about
lammed into
made a stand against
jeered at
disagreed violently with
climbed all over
kicked against
trounced
loathed
hated
spoke out against
spoken out against
labeled
US
labelled
UK
accursed
raised objections
felt revulsion to
regarded with disgust
felt aversion to
felt disgust for
raved
blustered
spouted
huffed
expressed objections
exploded
lodged a protest
minded
expressed disagreement
expressed objections to
found unacceptable
expressed disapproval
disciplined
rebuffed
incriminated
intimidated
menaced
spoken out
spoke out
yapped
bawled
thought wrong
yelped
not supported
rebutted
given someone bondi
comminated
gave someone bondi
took exception
taken exception
vociferated about
made a fuss
had a problem
exprobrated
quarreled with
protested strongly
picked apart
looked askance
pettifogged
questioned
crushed
niggled about
heaped
controverted
taken issue
took issue
laid out
satirized
US
harassed
picked on
grumbled about
had a problem with
gotten after
got after
charged
commented negatively
whipped
went on about
gone on about
tangled with
passed on
mumbled
exposed to ridicule
worked over
talked to
expressed disapprobation
bickered
struck
held up to shame
crossed
carped on
smothered
punished
had words with
kicked up a stink
kept nothing back
disagreed
brought to account
held accountable
disavowed
expressed a poor opinion of
held someone to blame
expressed disapprobation of
picked holes
bothered
ranted and raved
twitted
fought
taxed
rained
mixed it up with
sent someone away with a flea in his
baulked
UK
cudgelled
UK
fried
lowered the boom
objected strongly to
leaned on
raised an
negated
screamed at
cudgeled
US
made a stink
complained of
pointed the finger
withstood
called to task
shellacked
thought badly of
made a protest
made an objection
resisted
held responsible
rapped knuckles
had your knife in
expressed strong disapproval of
combated
weighed into
laid on
stuck it to
satirised
UK
kicked up
burned one's ears
erupted with anger
pecked
raised objection
brought under fire
had at
complained to
cracked down on
combatted
went after
rounded on
reviewed unfavorably
squabbled
balked
US
got on
gone after
accurst
gave a rough time
given a rough time
taken a stand
took a stand
lay out
took
taken
stricken
foughten
gone on
went on
criticizes strongly
criticized strongly
shown someone up
showed someone up
given the devil
lay on
gave the devil
taken a dim view of
took a dim view of
gave a tongue-lashing
given a tongue-lashing
drew the line
drawn the line
took great exception to
taken great exception to
gave one hell
given one hell
blew up at
went on at
given a hard time
gotten on
blown up at
taken to the woodshed
took to the woodshed
gave a hard time
spoken to
spoke to
gone on at
drew the line at
begged to differ
gone-one-on-one
went-one-on-one
drawn the line at
given a piece of one's mind
given the dickens
gave the dickens
gave a piece of one's mind
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“There are some uncharitable souls who would doubt my motives and
malign
my efforts.”
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Past tense for to make spitefully critical comments
complained
griped
grope
gripen
groused
grumbled
moaned
whined
whinged
grizzled
grouched
nagged
yammered
bleated
carped
criticised
UK
criticized
US
fussed
grumped
squawked
squealed
wailed
beefed
bellyached
caterwauled
hollered
rubbished
slandered
sniped
whimpered
badmouthed
crabbed
croaked
growled
inveighed
murmured
muttered
repined
screamed
trashed
yowled
knocked
maundered
bad-mouthed
pulled to pieces
slagged off
spoke ill of
spoken ill of
took apart
taken apart
found fault with
cast aspersions on
moaned and groaned
ran down
run down
did a hatchet job on
done a hatchet job on
kvetched
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