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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
disparagement
defamation
calumny
aspersion
backbiting
denigration
vilification
maligning
traducement
obloquy
belittlement
detraction
scandal
lie
backstabbing
abuse
calumniation
smearing
derogation
libeling
US
traducing
libelling
UK
depreciation
mud-slinging
character assassination
bad-mouthing
vituperation
malicious gossip
smear campaign
misrepresentation
smear
slur
vilifying
aspersing
defaming
aspersions
scurrility
dirt
revilement
insult
blackening
contumely
slam
hit
mud
defamation of character
false report
gossip
slight
untruth
tale
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
opprobrium
deprecation
rumours
UK
goss
talk
malediction
censure
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
word
report
buzz
news
scandal
dish
noise
dirt
story
whisper
tidings
bruit
intelligence
information
tale
canard
chitchat
on dit
idle talk
slander
chatter
advice
intimation
suggestion
shu-shu
bavardage
skinder
gen
account
latest
notice
cry
calumny
furphy
dispatch
labrish
back-fence talk
Kaffeeklatsch
dirty linen
prattle
communication
message
unconfirmed report
info
word on the street
defamation
advices
stories
US
earful
dirty laundry
tales
libel
leak
announcement
comment
titbits
small talk
allegation
dope
storeys
UK
chat
lowdown
piece of gossip
low-down
blather
meddling
babble
clothesline
rumormongering
US
bulletin
murmur
conversation
wire
rumours
UK
whispering campaign
malicious talk
dirty wash
whispering
fame
rumourmongering
UK
aspersion
communiqué
breeze
piece of hearsay
item
canards
data
claim
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
chit-chat
hubbub
assertion
bush telegraph
cue
talebearing
secret
revelations
smear
prating
grapevine report
heads up
hash
speech
revelation
statement
wind
warning
inkling
notification
disclosure
intimate intelligence
juicy morsel
blow by blow
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
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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
contemptuous
uncomplimentary
slighting
degrading
derisive
deprecatory
rude
disdainful
scornful
damaging
disrespectful
depreciative
derogative
insolent
depreciatory
demeaning
reproachful
sarcastic
derisory
denigrative
scathing
vulgar
negative
reviling
vituperatory
invective
spiteful
disapproving
decrying
lying
vitriolic
hurtful
obloquious
calumniating
debasing
scurril
truculent
scurrile
obnoxious
humiliating
harsh
detractory
malevolent
discourteous
uncivil
unflattering
foul
unfounded
aspersory
libeling
US
affronting
violent
berating
unmannerly
unfavourable
UK
nasty
discrediting
scolding
blasphemous
dishonouring
UK
dirty
castigating
personal
impertinent
dismissive
invidious
fault-finding
unfavorable
US
upbraiding
libelling
UK
malign
minimizing
US
dishonoring
US
despiteful
minimising
UK
hateful
judgmental
judgemental
sneering
sharp-tongued
prejudicial
gossiping
uncharitable
virulent
withering
snide
acerbic
supercilious
sardonic
unsympathetic
familiar
intrusive
cheeky
unpleasant
epithetical
ranting
denunciatory
unfriendly
bitter
sharp
impolite
unsubstantiated
baseless
unwarranted
uncorroborated
poisonous
venomous
insupportable
unsupported
abrupt
curt
brusque
unkind
gruff
short
surly
blunt
ungracious
diminishing
deflating
unjustifiable
unjustified
irreverent
disadvantageous
sniping
dyslogistic
downgrading
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
injuring
excoriating
despicable
hurting
offending
abasing
vile
shaming
malignant
reproaching
disgracing
damning
mean
ill-founded
discreditable
offhand
envious
green-eyed
jealous
aspersing
reproving
castigatory
jaundiced
resentful
covetous
rough
horrible
abominable
envying
odious
impossible
detestable
repugnant
tricky
ridiculing
wounding
biting
mortifying
depreciating
insensitive
inconsiderate
repulsive
politically incorrect
more ❯
“But I hope that here we can avoid that kind of simplistic
muckraking
and have a serious discussion about judicial philosophy.”
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
putting down
humbling
criticizing
US
lambasting
humiliating
chastening
abasing
condemning
criticising
UK
slating
cheapening
taking down
dumping on
blackening the name of
dissing
vituperating
bashing
trashing
abusing
berating
deprecating
diminishing
impugning
minimizing
US
denouncing
taking down a peg
scorning
fouling
discounting
sinking
ridiculing
castigating
minimising
UK
detracting from
scolding
hammering
excoriating
showing in a bad light
having a go at
crying down
taking to pieces
playing down
giving a bad name to
dismissing
undervaluing
trivializing
US
underrating
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
shooting down
pulling apart
dragging down
trash-talking
doing down
bringing dishonour to
hitting out at
reprimanding
blackening the reputation of
cutting down to size
offending
rebuking
savaging
marring
upbraiding
blasting
chiding
underestimating
reproving
debauching
skewering
cursing
downgrading
snubbing
deflating
mortifying
contemning
downplaying
rapping
minifying
marginalizing
US
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
holding cheap
making someone eat crow
taking down a peg or two
branding
darkening
touching
harming
chastising
villainizing
depraving
accusing
burlesquing
caricaturing
corrupting
scathing
potshotting
belaboring
US
pummelling
UK
pummeling
demonizing
US
admonishing
demonising
UK
zinging
bagging
carpeting
crucifying
disfavouring
disfavoring
haranguing
abashing
flaying
rating
lecturing
disdaining
understating
chagrining
slanging
belabouring
UK
squashing
dressing down
bawling out
flaming
pulling to pieces
disregarding
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
damaging the reputation of
laughing off
laughing at
putting someone in their place
sullying the reputation of
reading the riot act
speaking badly of
calling down
muddying the reputation of
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
taunting
nagging
attainting
desecrating
selling short
disconcerting
putting hooks in
blighting
vitiating
losing face
spurning
clamoring against
faulting
looking down on
insinuating
oppressing
persecuting
making someone feel ashamed
making uncomfortable
reprobating
miscalling
riding
hosing
reaming
devaluing
tarring
cutting up
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
exposing
skinning alive
compromising
casting a slur
cutting down
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
calling names
shouting at
disesteeming
taking apart
hitting where one lives
giving a talking-to
laying down the law
bestializing
brutalising
UK
bastardizing
US
demoralizing
US
animalizing
bastardising
UK
brutalizing
US
demoralising
UK
perverting
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
bemeaning
withering
breaking
jinxing
digging
vanquishing
confusing
railing
causing to feel small
taking the wind out of your sails
making someone eat humble pie
bringing down
making ashamed
settling someone's hash
casting down
bringing low
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
noising
rumouring
chattering
babbling
prattling
chatting
prating
nattering
yakking
jawing
blabbing
chinwagging
dishing
rattling on
talking idly
running off at the mouth
spreading rumor
gabbling
jabbering
gabbing
blabbering
wagging
chit-chatting
rabbiting on
wittering on
hinting
having a big mouth
circulating
insinuating
blathering
circulating rumors
bruiting
buzzing
cackling
wittering
yattering
blethering
chitchatting
schmoosing
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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