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What is another word for vilifying?

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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

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

rumours^UK

rumors^US

backhanded compliment

blot on the escutcheon

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

stories^US

offence^UK

storeys^UK

rap over the knuckles

talebearing

juicy morsel

intimate intelligence

low-down

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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

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

criticizing^US

cavilling^UK

politically incorrect

caviling^US

criticising^UK

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Adjective

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Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

colourful^UK

colorful^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

beneath one's dignity

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

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Adjective

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(of language) Offensive or vulgar

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

Verb

Present participle for to say defamatory things about someone or something

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

libelling^UK

libeling^US

pummelling^UK

demonising^UK

demonizing^US

casting aspersions on

dragging through the mud

bringing into disrepute

doing a hatchet job on

giving a bad name

throwing mud at

tearing down

throwing brickbats at

blackening the name of

doing down

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

calling down

conducting a smear campaign against

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

dragging through the mire

minimising^UK

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

spreading scandal about

kissing off

cavilling at

giving a bad press to

bringing discredit to

giving someone a roasting

running smear campaign

hauling over the coals

tarring and feathering

raking over the coals

giving someone a rollicking

caning

offending

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a bad press

bagging on

rapping over the knuckles

blackening the character of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

scoring

judging

running a smear campaign against

blackening someone's name

giving someone a dressing-down

passing strictures upon

going for the jugular

dragging someone's name through the mud

labelling^UK

labeling^US

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

writing false reports about

beating up on

selling short

spreading tales about

biting someone's head off

getting at

dragging name through mud

jumping down one's throat

giving the business

putting someone on the griddle

adulterating

making impure

discoloring^US

laughing off

giving someone a mouthful

finding lacking

pinning your ears back

bringing to book

burning someone's ears

giving someone an earful

crawling all over

nitpicking over

jumping down someone's throat

corrupting

putting someone on the hot seat

making unclean

letting someone have it

passing judgment

debauching

tarring

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

discolouring^UK

criticizing severely

speaking of with disfavour

holding forth against

giving something a battering

knocking off high horse

hitting where one lives

expressing strong disapproval of

giving something a bad press

abasing

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

shooting full of holes

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 some stick

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

blowing up

slapping someone's wrist

keeping after

giving someone a caning

having someone on the carpet

satirizing^US

putting in a bad light

classifying

classing

categorizing^US

regarding with disgust

showing in a bad light

identifying

describing

bringing into disfavour

poking fun at

holding up to ridicule

heaping scorn on

satirising^UK

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

treating with contempt

taking the piss out of

doing an injustice to

sinning against

ill-using

doing the dirty on

doing a disservice to

look down one's nose at

setting little store by

turning your nose up at

holding in contempt

expressing disapproval of

treating disrespectfully

regarding with contempt

ranking out

quipping at

thinking too little of

taking issue with

making a fuss about

lowering the status of

looking down upon

bringing shame to

turning up one's nose

commenting negatively

reviewing unfavorably

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

sounding off about

knocking down

treating contemptuously

hurting somebody's feelings

jiving

stepping on one's toes

framing

punishing

telling someone to get lost

giving the cold shoulder to

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

sweeping aside

refusing to acknowledge

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

doing an impression of

doing a takeoff of

excepting

raining

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

raising objections to

complaining vociferously about

fighting

lodging a protest against

combatting

taking exception

taking a stand against

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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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