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Noun

The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

Adjective

Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

(of language) Offensive or vulgar

Verb

Present participle for to say defamatory things about someone or something

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Noun

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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

libeling^US

libelling^UK

character assassination

defamation of character

rumour^UK

rumor^US

misrepresentation of character

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

rumours^UK

rumors^US

backhanded compliment

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

stories^US

offence^UK

storeys^UK

rap over the knuckles

talebearing

juicy morsel

intimate intelligence

low-down

blot on the escutcheon

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“Livingston's vilifying of the clergy did much to prejudice citizens against the Church.”

Adjective

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Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

libellous^UK

libelous^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

despiteful

unfavorable^US

minimising^UK

ill-humored^US

colourful^UK

colorful^US

rubbing the wrong way

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Adjective

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Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

fetid^US

foetid^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

flavorless^US

flavourless^UK

beneath one's dignity

libellous^UK

libelous^US

financial means conditional

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

unfavorable^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

gray^US

grey^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

ill-favored^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to try the patience of Job

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

too horrible for words

like the back end of a bus

colourful^UK

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

strictly for the birds

not quite the done thing

colorful^US

like getting blood out of a stone

wearisome

killer

easier said than done

labored^US

laboured^UK

flaky^UK

flakey^US

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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Adjective

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(of language) Offensive or vulgar

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

colourful^UK

colorful^US

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Verb

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Present participle for to say defamatory things about someone or something

casting aspersions on

libelling^UK

libeling^US

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

blackening the name of

blackening the reputation of

blistering

bringing into disrepute

conducting a smear campaign against

cursing

cussing

demonising^UK

demonizing^US

sullying the reputation of

taking to pieces

throwing mud at

voodooing

dragging through the mud

doing a hatchet job on

throwing brickbats at

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

dragging through the mire

minimising^UK

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

spreading scandal about

giving a bad press to

bringing discredit to

running smear campaign

giving someone a roasting

tarring and feathering

hauling over the coals

raking over the coals

giving someone a bad press

picking to pieces

rapping over the knuckles

finding fault

giving someone a rollicking

treating lightly

cutting down

giving someone a bollocking

blackening the character of

running a smear campaign against

passing strictures upon

laughing at

swearing at

making light of

blackening someone's name

nit-picking

tearing to shreds

giving a talking-to

going for the jugular

dragging someone's name through the mud

labelling^UK

labeling^US

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

giving someone a dressing-down

writing false reports about

yelling at

beating up on

selling short

spreading tales about

dragging name through mud

railing at

jumping down one's throat

giving the business

putting someone on the griddle

discoloring^US

pinning your ears back

burning someone's ears

crawling all over

nitpicking over

corrupting

putting someone on the hot seat

kicking up a fuss about

making unclean

letting someone have it

kicking up a stink about

speaking of with disfavour

giving something a battering

holding forth against

jumping down someone's throat

knocking off high horse

expressing strong disapproval of

frowning upon

charging with

hitting where one lives

taking on

horrifying

thundering

giving something a bad press

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

biting someone's head off

causing a few raised eyebrows amongst

causing raised eyebrows

raising eyebrows amongst

shooting full of holes

putting in a bad light

satirizing^US

giving someone a wigging

taking to the woodshed

going on at

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone some stick

bringing to book

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

blowing up

giving someone an earful

slapping someone's wrist

keeping after

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

giving someone a caning

having someone on the carpet

regarding with disgust

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

holding up to ridicule

satirising^UK

doing an injustice to

doing a disservice to

making sport of

flouting at

poking mullock at

treating with contempt

taking the piss out of

complaining vehemently about

giving a piece of one's mind

taking exception to

blowing up at

punishing

calling on the carpet

expressing disapproval of

calling over the coals

raising objections to

laying at one's door

jumping all over

making a fuss about

complaining vociferously about

griping about

taking a stand against

penalizing^US

protesting strongly at

penalising^UK

making a protest against

complaining bitterly about

disagreeing violently with

trouncing

telling a thing or two

taking a dim view of

bringing charges against

making a stand against

trying

leaning on

putting up a fight against

reprimanding severely

reviewing unfavorably

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

giving a tongue-lashing

counselling^UK

counseling^US

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

quarreling with

raking over coals

giving tongue-lashing

tearing someone a new one

giving someone a telling off

severely reprimanding

rapping across the knuckles

carping on

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

giving the devil

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

making an example of

meting out punishment to

coming down on like a ton of bricks

expressing disapprobation

expressing disapprobation of

bringing someone to trial

preferring charges against

bringing a charge against

laying charges against

holding at fault

bringing a case against

holding someone to blame

complaining to

excepting

raining

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

lodging a protest against

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

kicking up

taking great exception to

assigning liability to

considering guilty of

laying a guilt trip on

sermonising^UK

sermonizing^US

delivering a tirade to

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“At the same time this freedom can get used and abused to vilify the same government that helped to bring about our liberation.”

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