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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

Causing harm to someone's reputation

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

Present participle for to make untrue and slanderous comments about

Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of

Present participle for to blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

Present participle for to make spitefully critical comments

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Noun

The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

character assassination

scandalmongering

misrepresentation

malicious gossip

defamation of character

false accusation

misrepresentation of character

malicious statement

false insinuation

public humiliation

rumourmongering^UK

rumormongering^US

smear campaigning

scandalous remark

whispering campaign

back-fence talk

stigmatization^US

stigmatisation^UK

backhanded compliment

false imputation

underestimation

malicious rumours

malicious rumour

verbal disapproval

libellous statement

slanderous statement

verbal onslaught

rap over the knuckles

intimate intelligence

blot on the escutcheon

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“He fell into doctrinal quarrels, in which his maligning of Melanchthon gave great offense, so that he was forced to move on to Transylvania.”

Adjective

Causing harm to someone's reputation

misrepresentative

uncomplimentary

dishonouring^UK

scandalmongering

unfavourable^UK

unsubstantiated

evil-intentioned

disadvantageous

ill-intentioned

pass-remarkable

severely critical

full of reproof

accidentally on purpose

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Adjective

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

highly improper

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

beyond contempt

unsportsmanlike

not the done thing

a load of pants

very unpleasant

of dubious character

potentially illegal

good-for-nothing

beneath contempt

very disgusting

not up to snuff

unconscientious

not quite the thing

of bad reputation

lacking dignity

beneath one's dignity

in the doghouse

gone to the dogs

excessively high

beyond your means

financial means conditional

out of the question

unfavourable^UK

dissatisfactory

less-than-stellar

not up to scratch

disadvantageous

ill-favoured^UK

life-threatening

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to try the patience of Job

beyond endurance

not to be borne

too much to bear

demoralizing^US

phantasmagorical

poverty-stricken

demoralising^UK

misproportioned

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

beyond description

indescribably evil

like death warmed up

lowest of the low

too horrible for words

like the back end of a bus

Mephistophelian

foolish-looking

full of hardship

earth-shattering

blood-and-thunder

strictly for the birds

of poor quality

not quite the done thing

not up to standard

unprepossessing

energy-consuming

like getting blood out of a stone

easier said than done

evil-intentioned

bargain-basement

extremely painful

out of the ordinary

more than one can afford

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

more than one can bear

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Verb

Present participle for to make untrue and slanderous comments about

stigmatising^UK

stigmatizing^US

scandalising^UK

scandalizing^US

misrepresenting

speaking ill of

dragging through the mire

dragging through the mud

casting aspersions on

giving a black eye

flinging mud at

slinging mud at

speaking evil of

spreading scandal about

giving a bad name

telling lies about

doing a hatchet job on

throwing mud at

writing false reports about

spreading tales about

dragging name through mud

dragging someone's name through the mud

running a smear campaign against

blackening someone's name

accusing falsely

casting aspersion

spreading lies about

dishonouring^UK

bringing discredit to

bringing into disrepute

bringing shame upon

casting a slur on

doing a number on

reflecting badly on

bringing shame on

running smear campaign

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

blackening the name of

gossiping about

blackening the character of

putting zingers on

casting slur on

dragging through mud

causing a few raised eyebrows amongst

causing raised eyebrows

raising eyebrows amongst

giving offence to

cutting to the quick

hitting where one lives

putting in a bad light

detracting from

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

bringing shame to

giving a bad name to

reflecting negatively

bringing dishonour to

damaging the reputation of

muddying the reputation of

casting in a bad light

harming the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

taking down a peg

making lose face

lowering the status of

reducing the status of

bastardising^UK

demoralising^UK

bastardizing^US

demoralizing^US

making someone eat crow

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

cutting down to size

causing to lose face

blotting your copybook

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“He did not set out to falsely malign anyone or advance some hidden political agenda.”

Verb

Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of

marginalising^UK

marginalizing^US

detracting from

speaking ill of

speaking badly of

taking a swipe at

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

dragging through the mud

pouring scorn on

pulling to pieces

inveighing against

trivializing^US

taking to pieces

underestimating

blackening the name of

railing against

throwing mud at

trivialising^UK

stigmatizing^US

fulminating against

treating lightly

spreading lies about

cutting down to size

taking down a peg

sullying the reputation of

stigmatising^UK

giving a bad name

slinging mud at

speaking evil of

making light of

cutting to the quick

bringing into disrepute

picking holes in

blackening the reputation of

dishonouring^UK

conducting a smear campaign against

throwing brickbats at

blackening the character of

giving a black eye

doing a number on

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

putting hooks in

discountenancing

looking down on

finding fault with

clamoring against

tearing to pieces

hurling insults at

giving comeuppance

knocking off high horse

taking a dig at

making little of

thinking little of

misrepresenting

taking dim view of

disapproving of

holding forth against

throwing stones at

tearing to shreds

taking swipe at

vituperating against

putting a whammy on

shooting full of holes

offending against

doing injury to

doing an injustice to

doing a disservice to

giving offence to

sinning against

causing offence to

taking advantage of

doing the dirty on

treating disrespectfully

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

scandalizing^US

scandalising^UK

criticizing unfairly

giving black eye

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“There are some uncharitable souls who would doubt my motives and malign my efforts.”

Verb

Present participle for to blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

railing against

inveighing against

finding fault with

fulminating against

reading the riot act

giving someone a dressing-down

tearing a strip off

casting aspersions on

pulling to pieces

pouring scorn on

picking holes in

nitpicking about

animadverting on

vituperating against

giving a bad press to

giving some stick to

throwing brickbats at

disapproving of

picking to pieces

giving someone hell

giving someone a roasting

tearing off a strip

going for the jugular

stigmatizing^US

tearing to pieces

stigmatising^UK

taking to pieces

hauling over the coals

giving a rocket

giving someone a bad press

nitpicking over

finding lacking

tearing to shreds

passing strictures upon

criticizing severely

getting angry with

passing judgment

jumping down someone's throat

assaulting verbally

animadverting upon

disagreeing with

remonstrating with

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

declaiming against

giving something a bad press

jumping down one's throat

doing a number on

giving the business

complaining about

cutting to bits

giving bad press

giving a talking-to

casting a slur on

laying down the law

raking over the coals

giving something a battering

doing a hatchet job on

giving someone bondi

quibbling about

grouching about

criticizing harshly

whingeing about

bellyaching about

sounding off about

taking exception to

bringing under fire

finding unacceptable

showing someone up

reviewing unfavorably

criticizing strongly

looking askance at

exposing to ridicule

holding up to shame

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

calling to account

holding responsible

giving a tongue-lashing

protesting against

looking askance

taking issue with

arguing against

taking a dim view of

detracting from

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Verb

Present participle for to make spitefully critical comments

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