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What is another word for
muckraking
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Noun
The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people
Attempt to defame another
Rumour, gossip, or speculation
Adjective
Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
Verb
Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about
Present participle for to spread rumor or gossip
Present participle for to study or check into thoroughly
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Noun
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The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people
libel
slander
scandalmongering
exposé
exposure
mudslinging
dishing the dirt
defamation
calumny
aspersion
vilification
denigration
disparagement
backbiting
smearing
maligning
traducement
obloquy
belittlement
detraction
scandal
lie
backstabbing
character assassination
abuse
calumniation
smear
slur
derogation
libeling
US
traducing
dirt
libelling
UK
defaming
depreciation
mud-slinging
bad-mouthing
vituperation
malicious gossip
smear campaign
misrepresentation
vilifying
aspersing
aspersions
scurrility
revilement
insult
blackening
contumely
slam
hit
mud
defamation of character
false report
opprobrium
gossip
malediction
slight
untruth
tale
censure
slime
rumor
US
rumormongering
US
knock
rumour
UK
rumourmongering
UK
misrepresentation of character
dirty linen
false accusation
black eye
tittle-tattle
lying
stigma
cattiness
verbal abuse
evil-speaking
deprecation
rumours
UK
goss
talk
tattle
malicious talk
spite
malice
spitefulness
insults
slurs
innuendo
aftertale
criticism
hearsay
knocking
dump
insinuation
rubbishing
invective
spiteful talk
slagging
infighting
badmouthing
viciousness
rumors
US
chat
running down
dirty laundry
false light
low-down dirty
fake news
slagging-off
slap in face
cheap shot
diminishment
put down
idle rumor
malicious rumour
malicious rumours
slagging off
unkind remarks
hateful talk
injustice
injury
ridicule
hurt
damage
pejorative
wrong
minimization
harm
disesteem
rap
smear campaigning
tall tale
scandalous remark
false insinuation
more ❯
“That doesn't mean it shouldn't be done simply because this kind of
muckraking
exacerbates cynicism about public officials.”
Noun
▲
Attempt to defame another
smear campaign
gossip
libel
rumour
UK
rumor
US
talk
vilification
character assassination
defamation
defamation of character
dirty politics
dirty pool
dragging one's name through the mud
injury of reputation
malicious defamation
mudslinging
negative campaign
negative campaigning
personal attack
slander
whispering campaign
name-calling
demonization
blackening
swiftboating
smear
demonizing
US
dirty tricks
hatchet job
ad hominem
slanderous attack
hit job
demonising
UK
backbiting
denigration
insinuation
sly suggestion
innuendo
Noun
▲
Rumour, gossip, or speculation
talk
gossip
hearsay
rumor
US
rumour
UK
speculation
whispers
allusion
innuendo
insinuation
bunk
goss
grapevine
hint
jive
scuttlebutt
tattle
tittle-tattle
lip
nonsense
racket
reports
rubbish
rumble
trash
yarn
fake news
hot air
conspiracy theory
word of mouth
second-hand information
secondhand information
empty talk
report
word
buzz
news
noise
scandal
dish
dirt
whisper
story
tidings
bruit
intelligence
information
canard
tale
chitchat
chatter
advice
intimation
on dit
idle talk
slander
suggestion
cry
shu-shu
bavardage
skinder
gen
account
latest
notice
advices
chat
earful
calumny
furphy
announcement
allegation
comment
dispatch
labrish
back-fence talk
Kaffeeklatsch
dirty linen
piece of gossip
prattle
communication
message
murmur
unconfirmed report
info
word on the street
defamation
stories
US
small talk
conversation
dirty laundry
tales
libel
whispering
leak
titbits
claim
dope
storeys
UK
lowdown
piece of hearsay
low-down
blather
meddling
babble
clothesline
rumormongering
US
bulletin
wire
rumours
UK
whispering campaign
malicious talk
dirty wash
fame
prating
rumourmongering
UK
aspersion
hash
speech
communiqué
breeze
item
canards
data
talk of the town
rumors
US
idle chatter
the latest
malicious gossip
the word on the street
smear campaign
prate
injury
chronicle
telling tales
gossipry
blether
poop
facts
clue
titbit
hubbub
assertion
bush telegraph
cue
talebearing
secret
revelations
smear
chit-chat
grapevine report
heads up
revelation
statement
blow by blow
wind
warning
inkling
notification
disclosure
intimate intelligence
juicy morsel
falsehood
fabrication
hoax
belief
opinion
fiction
lie
repute
supposition
notoriety
invention
knowledge
update
summary
belittlement
scandalmongering
disparagement
status
enlightenment
discovery
description
backstabbing
aspersions
mud
backbiting
the goods
status update
eye-opener
greetings
uncos
mud-slinging
malicious rumour
malicious rumours
idle rumor
mere talk
common talk
unsubstantiated information
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defamatory
slanderous
calumnious
insulting
abusive
derogatory
disparaging
injurious
libellous
UK
vilifying
calumniatory
contumelious
defaming
backbiting
denigrating
maledictory
malicious
scandalmongering
scandalous
vicious
censorious
critical
denigratory
detracting
libelous
US
maledictive
scurrilous
slurring
traducing
vituperative
catty
deprecating
detractive
maligning
offensive
opprobrious
mud-slinging
aspersive
false
misrepresentative
smearing
untrue
pejorative
belittling
uncomplimentary
slighting
degrading
derisive
contemptuous
disdainful
deprecatory
rude
damaging
scornful
lying
disrespectful
depreciatory
demeaning
derisory
depreciative
derogative
denigrative
insolent
scathing
sarcastic
aspersory
negative
dirty
decrying
harsh
detractory
hurtful
vulgar
discourteous
uncivil
unfounded
obloquious
reproachful
reviling
poisonous
vituperatory
debasing
calumniating
impertinent
obnoxious
invidious
spiteful
disapproving
invective
judgmental
judgemental
sneering
gossiping
libeling
US
nasty
prejudicial
supercilious
vitriolic
unpleasant
unsubstantiated
baseless
uncorroborated
unwarranted
personal
cheeky
familiar
intrusive
libelling
UK
insupportable
unsupported
virulent
withering
unjustified
unjustifiable
scurril
scurrile
malign
sardonic
truculent
irreverent
dyslogistic
downgrading
disadvantageous
sniping
ill-founded
scolding
castigating
upbraiding
ranting
denunciatory
foul
acerbic
violent
berating
unmannerly
uncharitable
unfriendly
sharp
impolite
bitter
dismissive
unflattering
snide
sharp-tongued
fault-finding
unsympathetic
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
envious
green-eyed
jealous
abrupt
curt
brusque
unkind
surly
gruff
blunt
ungracious
short
epithetical
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
resentful
jaundiced
covetous
minimizing
US
minimising
UK
offhand
horrible
detestable
malevolent
abominable
envying
odious
repugnant
hateful
impossible
tricky
ridiculing
affronting
wounding
biting
blasphemous
discrediting
humiliating
mortifying
depreciating
insensitive
inconsiderate
repulsive
politically incorrect
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about
slandering
defaming
denigrating
maligning
vilifying
disparaging
libelling
UK
libeling
US
traducing
calumniating
smearing
slurring
aspersing
decrying
belittling
sullying
blackening
besmirching
tainting
derogating
tarnishing
blotting
slighting
smirching
scandalising
UK
scandalizing
US
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
injuring
reviling
insulting
attacking
vilipending
defiling
damaging
slamming
panning
roasting
assailing
detracting
misrepresenting
depreciating
scorching
blistering
backbiting
belying
sneering
blaspheming
hitting
plastering
strumpeting
bad-mouthing
running down
speaking ill of
dragging through the mud
dragging through the mire
casting aspersions on
speaking evil of
flinging mud at
slinging mud at
giving a bad name
throwing mud at
spreading scandal about
doing a hatchet job on
tearing down
telling lies about
casting a slur on
slinging mud
running a smear campaign against
blackening someone's name
running smear campaign
disgracing
discrediting
shaming
censuring
besmearing
disrespecting
debasing
staining
stigmatizing
US
bringing discredit to
knocking
rubbishing
degrading
bringing shame on
bringing shame upon
reproaching
soiling
spoiling
lowering
spotting
blotching
ripping
deriding
stigmatising
UK
reducing
breathing on
reflecting badly on
slagging off
bringing into disrepute
tarring and feathering
befouling
ripping up and down
giving a black eye
doing a number on
embarrassing
undermining
poisoning
prejudicing
blemishing
badmouthing
blackguarding
ruining
dragging someone's name through the mud
dragging through mud
hurting
destroying
demeaning
lambasting
criticizing
US
putting down
humbling
abasing
chastening
slating
criticising
UK
cheapening
taking down
dissing
humiliating
vituperating
condemning
bashing
trashing
dumping on
blackening the name of
berating
impugning
minimizing
US
diminishing
castigating
abusing
discounting
fouling
excoriating
scolding
deprecating
minimising
UK
denouncing
taking down a peg
scorning
sinking
ridiculing
rebuking
savaging
blasting
detracting from
hammering
shooting down
showing in a bad light
upbraiding
having a go at
crying down
taking to pieces
playing down
giving a bad name to
dismissing
undervaluing
trivializing
US
reproving
underrating
downgrading
snubbing
mortifying
mocking
laying into
railing against
inveighing against
pooh-poohing
putting in a bad light
pouring scorn on
tearing into
showing up
trivialising
UK
bringing shame to
pulling apart
dragging down
trash-talking
doing down
bringing dishonour to
hitting out at
reprimanding
blackening the reputation of
cutting down to size
offending
scathing
marring
potshotting
belaboring
US
chiding
underestimating
debauching
skewering
cursing
deflating
contemning
downplaying
belabouring
UK
rapping
minifying
marginalizing
US
flaming
misprizing
fulminating against
jumping on
cutting to the quick
owning
dispraising
tongue-lashing
marginalising
UK
treating lightly
scoffing at
making light of
sneering at
talking down
spreading lies about
picking holes in
kissing off
writing off
holding cheap
making someone eat crow
taking down a peg or two
branding
darkening
touching
harming
chastising
villainizing
nagging
depraving
accusing
burlesquing
caricaturing
corrupting
pummelling
UK
pummeling
demonizing
US
admonishing
demonising
UK
zinging
bagging
taunting
carpeting
crucifying
disfavouring
disfavoring
oppressing
persecuting
haranguing
abashing
flaying
rating
lecturing
disdaining
understating
chagrining
hosing
slanging
squashing
dressing down
bawling out
bemeaning
pulling to pieces
disregarding
desecrating
reflecting negatively
writing false reports about
discountenancing
telling off
spreading tales about
chewing out
taking to task
marking wrong
dragging name through mud
finding fault with
raking over the coals
cutting down
damaging the reputation of
laughing off
laughing at
putting someone in their place
sullying the reputation of
reading the riot act
bringing down
casting down
speaking badly of
calling down
muddying the reputation of
bringing low
making lose face
conducting a smear campaign against
vituperating against
giving someone a dressing-down
casting in a bad light
harming the reputation of
ripping into
causing to lose face
lampooning
slagging
gossiping about
lying about
blackening the character of
demoting
casting slur on
putting zingers on
vitiating
attainting
selling short
disconcerting
putting hooks in
miscalling
riding
blighting
losing face
lowering the status of
spurning
clamoring against
faulting
looking down on
insinuating
making someone feel ashamed
making uncomfortable
reprobating
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
calling names
shouting at
reaming
devaluing
tarring
cutting up
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
exposing
skinning alive
compromising
brutalising
UK
bastardizing
US
demoralizing
US
bastardising
UK
brutalizing
US
demoralising
UK
perverting
casting a slur
disesteeming
taking apart
hitting where one lives
giving a talking-to
laying down the law
ranting at
blotting your copybook
bringing into disfavour
scoring
basting
keelhauling
jawing
railing at
ragging
subduing
crushing
reprehending
objurgating
discomfiting
pillorying
ticking off
calling over the coals
reaming out
striking
lacing to
cudgeling
US
lashing into
slashing
pitching into
hauling over the coals
shellacking
punishing
slapping
trimming
cudgelling
UK
smothering
having your knife in
scourging
squelching
quashing
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
withering
breaking
jinxing
digging
vanquishing
confusing
railing
causing to feel small
taking the wind out of your sails
making someone eat humble pie
making ashamed
settling someone's hash
putting to shame
putting out of countenance
making a fool of
blaming
lashing
growling
riling
throwing brickbats at
ripping up
ragging on
barking at
finding fault
sailing into
tying into
tearing a strip off
yelling at
beating up on
lighting to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to spread rumor or gossip
talking
gossiping
gossipping
tattling
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
passing comment
bad-mouthing
dishing the dirt
making remarks
telling tales
tittle-tattling
spreading gossip
spreading rumours
spreading stories
whispering
circulating rumours
spreading rumors
telling tales out of school
bruiting about
bruiting abroad
telling secrets
wiggle-waggling
talking out of turn
spilling the beans
rumoring
rumouring
noising
blabbing
bruiting
circulating rumors
spreading rumor
hinting
circulating
insinuating
buzzing
chattering
babbling
prattling
chatting
prating
nattering
yakking
jawing
blathering
cackling
wittering
yattering
chinwagging
blethering
chitchatting
dishing
schmoosing
rattling on
leaking
having a big mouth
talking idly
running off at the mouth
bending one's ear
Verb
▲
Present participle for to study or check into thoroughly
investigating
examining
exploring
researching
considering
studying
analysing
UK
analyzing
US
inspecting
looking into
going into
probing
reviewing
scrutinising
UK
scrutinizing
US
looking over
sifting
auditing
delving into
evaluating
querying
appraising
brainstorming
casing
dissecting
enquiring into
eyeballing
inquiring into
interrogating
prospecting
questioning
scouting
bugging
canvassing
excogitating
frisking
poking
recceing
reconnoitring
UK
reconnoitering
US
searching
spying
surveying
tapping
testing
underseeking
vetting
wiretapping
checking into
checking out
checking over
checking up
checking up on
conducting an enquiry into
conducting an investigation into
deliberating on
digging into
feeling out
following up
going over
listening in
making enquiries about
making inquiry
poring over
probing into
prying into
reading into
searching for
taking stock of
weighing up
brooding over
chewing over
cross-examining
diving into
inquiring about
looking at
looking at carefully
mulling over
nosing around
poking around
reading up on
running down
scoping out
searching into
sizing up
sounding out
staking out
sussing out
working over
asking questions of
doing research into
making inquiries about
putting questions to
putting to the test
giving the once over
giving the once-over
searching the evidence concerning
sifting the evidence concerning
subjecting to an examination
trying to get to the bottom of
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