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Present participle for to make untrue and slanderous comments about
Present participle for to make spitefully critical comments
Verb
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Present participle for to make untrue and slanderous comments about
denigrating
disparaging
vilifying
slurring
maligning
aspersing
rubbishing
derogating
besmirching
attacking
reviling
vilipending
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
insulting
slighting
abusing
slating
vituperating
bad-mouthing
slagging off
running down
dragging through the mud
casting aspersions on
slinging mud at
doing a hatchet job on
throwing mud at
speaking badly of
pulling to pieces
having a go at
blackening the name of
blackening the character of
speaking of with disfavour
having a pop at
slandering
defaming
decrying
discrediting
knocking
libeling
US
libelling
UK
traducing
belittling
calumniating
smearing
blackening
dissing
giving a bad name
stigmatizing
US
sullying
stigmatising
UK
tarnishing
dishonouring
UK
scandalizing
US
dishonoring
US
scandalising
UK
staining
panning
giving a black eye
flinging mud at
speaking evil of
dragging through the mire
disgracing
tainting
slamming
censuring
roasting
degrading
deriding
bringing into disrepute
spreading scandal about
deprecating
depreciating
blotting
smirching
injuring
assailing
defiling
damaging
doing a number on
casting a slur on
dumping on
tearing down
bringing discredit to
debasing
trashing
befouling
muckraking
spotting
ripping
trash-talking
talking down
ripping up and down
breathing on
putting down
lowering
spoiling
running smear campaign
blotching
reproaching
soiling
besmearing
dismissing
shaming
diminishing
discounting
bashing
impugning
bringing shame upon
reducing
reflecting badly on
disrespecting
tearing into
crying down
tarring and feathering
hitting out at
bringing shame on
pulling apart
minimizing
US
scorching
blistering
kissing off
taking to pieces
spreading lies about
writing off
playing down
pouring scorn on
detracting from
minimising
UK
skewering
pummelling
UK
pummeling
bagging
sullying the reputation of
laying into
telling lies about
condemning
hammering
berating
misrepresenting
detracting
ridiculing
undermining
dragging someone's name through the mud
poisoning
marginalising
UK
scorning
embarrassing
contemning
conducting a smear campaign against
throwing brickbats at
running a smear campaign against
blackening the reputation of
marginalizing
US
downgrading
lambasting
denouncing
downplaying
pillorying
undervaluing
badmouthing
backbiting
demeaning
burlesquing
caricaturing
underrating
deflating
spreading tales about
jumping on
belying
demonising
UK
fulminating against
sneering at
flaming
marking wrong
scoffing at
blackening someone's name
cheapening
dispraising
mocking
blemishing
demonizing
US
slinging mud
rapping
prejudicing
pooh-poohing
railing against
ripping up
inveighing against
dragging name through mud
sneering
doing down
villainizing
writing false reports about
taking a swipe at
making fun of
lying about
offending
casting slur on
criticizing unfairly
bad mouthing
giving black eye
calling down
ragging on
jinxing
dressing down
digging
cursing
lessening
compromising
devaluating
humiliating
slagging
gossiping about
ruining
dragging through mud
blackguarding
devaluing
hitting
plastering
blaspheming
strumpeting
giving comeuppance
putting away
knocking off high horse
cutting down to size
poormouthing
trivializing
US
underestimating
picking holes in
minifying
laughing off
laughing at
misprizing
holding cheap
treating lightly
trivialising
UK
blasting
disdaining
putting hooks in
making light of
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
castigating
finding fault with
excoriating
savaging
reprehending
blaming
reprobating
reproving
taking down
chastising
crucifying
rebuking
reprimanding
taunting
objurgating
scathing
slashing
abasing
chastening
humbling
faulting
upbraiding
arraigning
rating
lacing to
shooting down
jeering
giving a bad press to
chiding
scoffing
mauling
flaying
sledging
cutting up
taking to task
admonishing
scolding
potshotting
belaboring
US
lampooning
cavilling at
carping at
cutting down
nitpicking about
sinking
vituperating against
belabouring
UK
fouling
disregarding
look down one's nose at
disapproving of
deploring
finding fault
coming down on
denunciating
despising
carpeting
picking to pieces
animadverting on
taking down a peg
giving some stick to
hauling over the coals
affronting
snubbing
gibing
understating
caning
nagging
selling short
disapproving
giving someone a bad press
carping
chewing out
twitting
railing
giving flak to
looking down on
mortifying
giving a rocket
tearing off a strip
spurning
ragging
bawling out
jeering at
teasing
tongue-lashing
tearing to shreds
reaming out
judging
poking fun at
casting down
giving someone a roasting
giving someone a rollicking
disesteeming
lecturing
girding
expostulating
inveighing
recriminating
reaming
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
nit-picking
outraging
throwing shade
wounding
picking at
remonstrating with
treating with contempt
giving a talking-to
nagging at
sniffing at
brushing aside
giving someone hell
backstabbing
bagging on
execrating
bringing down
rapping over the knuckles
finding lacking
reading the riot act
nitpicking over
giving someone a bollocking
anathematizing
slapping
lashing
animadverting
skinning
satirizing
US
flouting
bollocking
underemphasizing
rejecting
basting
disfavouring
disfavoring
remonstrating
jawing
trimming
de-emphasizing
satirising
UK
letting someone have it
glossing over
cutting to the quick
tearing apart
giving something a bad press
giving something a battering
telling off
jibing at
sneezing at
tearing to pieces
holding in contempt
setting little store by
passing strictures upon
holding up to ridicule
railing at
rating too low
laying down the law
raking over the coals
tearing a strip off
doing an injustice to
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone an earful
pitching into
lowering the status of
ranting at
giving someone a dressing-down
turning your nose up at
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone a rating
expressing disapproval of
oppressing
persecuting
discountenancing
objecting
hurting
fulminating
opposing
hosing
raging
zinging
rollicking
declaiming
nitpicking
haranguing
ignoring
clobbering
abhorring
zapping
slugging
proscribing
fustigating
jibing
miscalling
slanging
prostituting
travestying
tormenting
scouting
destroying
talking trash
expressing a poor opinion of
remonstrating against
treating disrespectfully
keelhauling
wigging
scoring
rowing
taking apart
dehumanizing
US
calling names
sailing into
sounding off
sending up
putting in a bad light
dehumanising
UK
showing up
ranking out
quipping at
brushing off
complaining about
shrugging off
desecrating
getting at
giving Bronx cheer
pulling up
objecting to
regarding with contempt
jumping down one's throat
criticizing severely
ticking off
taking the mickey
turning up one's nose
giving the business
arguing against
giving someone a wigging
thinking too little of
making a fuss about
giving someone some stick
bringing to book
giving someone what for
giving someone a row
slapping someone's wrist
taking issue with
taking exception to
looking down upon
biting someone's head off
bringing low
taking the piss out of
kicking up a stink about
passing judgment
yelling at
lighting to
bringing shame to
heaping scorn on
setting no store by
demoting
crushing
harshing
labelling
UK
labeling
US
riding
refuting
squashing
commenting negatively
questioning
hooting
squelching
annoying
provoking
hating
gossipping
spiting
gossiping
mistrusting
repudiating
aggravating
imprecating
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
shouting at
getting angry with
underpricing
condescending
making little of
slogging
fluffing
upsetting
misrespecting
misbidding
scourging
assaulting verbally
arguing with
sniping
bringing under fire
bemeaning
disagreeing with
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
deigning
taking a dig at
bastardizing
US
not doing justice
piling in
animadverting upon
thundering against
complaining of
raking
ranting
giving someone bondi
weighing into
thinking little of
betraying
discommending
negating
accusing
lessoning
jawboning
starting on
starting in
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
knocking off
writing down
treating contemptuously
making jokes about
cutting to bits
taking on
casting a slur upon
owning
attainting
disvaluing
not supporting
skinning alive
giving bad press
swiping
fleering
sniggering
cracking
laughing
dumping
rallying
jesting
showing contempt for
abominating
pointing the finger
giving the devil
laying on
calling to task
dragging down
failing to appreciate
setting too little store by
losing face
giving a bad name to
putting someone in their place
making someone eat crow
taking down a peg or two
causing to lose face
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
going for the jugular
lashing out
disobliging
irritating
framing
selling out
messing with
punishing
shooting full of holes
storming
beating down
naming
adjudging
pronouncing
exposing
complaining
lashing into
thumbing one's nose
bawling
yelping
yapping
knocking down
ribbing
bastardising
UK
profaning
giving offence to
jiving
kidding
defying
chaffing
shunning
causing offence to
laying out
ripping into
declaring unfit
razzing
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
laying at one's door
pinning it on
sending up the river
cutting dead
hurting somebody's feelings
failing
disobeying
disowning
discarding
disclaiming
working over
having at
cracking down on
going after
quizzing
marking down
sniping at
taking swipe at
stepping on one's toes
bantering
showing in a bad light
grousing about
sounding off about
beefing about
whingeing about
moaning about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
bellyaching about
griping about
cocking a snook
thundering
bringing into disfavour
misjudging
mimicking
gibing at
underweening
threaping
cautioning
disciplining
imitating
vociferating
speaking out
protesting strongly
telling someone to get lost
curling your lip at
saying contemptuously
making cutting remarks about
having a crack at
kicking
louting
doing
frowning on
holding in disdain
lookng down at
preaching
impersonating
casting aside
giving the cold shoulder to
sweeping aside
cold-shouldering
giving someone the brush-off
aping
having no use for
refusing to acknowledge
having contempt for
demurring
expostulating about
making a protest
making a stand
ranting about
excepting
spoofing
arguing
taking to the woodshed
going on at
putting on the mat
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
blowing up
keeping after
jumping down someone's throat
giving someone a caning
having someone on the carpet
slapping down
copying
poking mullock at
making sport of
challenging
mouthing off about
going on about
miming
taking for granted
distorting
flouting at
perverting
exaggerating
dissenting
griping
disputing
parodying
taking off
putting on
doing an impression of
doing a takeoff of
opposing strongly
frowning upon
taking issue
complaining vociferously about
protesting against
objecting strongly to
expressing disagreement with
speaking out against
lodging a protest against
kicking up a fuss about
taking exception
taking a stand against
raising objections to
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“There has also been persistent effort from some quarters to
speak ill of
Hindu religion.”
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Present participle for to make spitefully critical comments
complaining
griping
grousing
grumbling
moaning
whining
whingeing
grizzling
grouching
nagging
yammering
bleating
carping
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
fussing
grumping
squawking
squealing
wailing
beefing
bellyaching
caterwauling
hollering
maligning
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
whimpering
badmouthing
crabbing
croaking
growling
inveighing
murmuring
muttering
repining
screaming
trashing
yowling
knocking
maundering
bad-mouthing
pulling to pieces
slagging off
taking apart
finding fault with
casting aspersions on
moaning and groaning
running down
doing a hatchet job on
kvetching
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