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Slime - 9 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | slime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, gelled waste |
| Synonyms: | goo*, mire, mud, ooze, scum, sludge, fungus, glop, gunk, mucus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel, slander |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, black eye*, calumny, character assassination, depreciation, detraction, dirt, disparagement, dump*, dynamite, hit, knock, lie, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, slam*, slime, slur, smear, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, cheap shot, denigration, dirty laundry, low-down dirty, scorcher, slap in face, traducement, vilification |
| Antonyms: | approval, commendation, compliment, exaltation, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | filth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt, pollution |
| Synonyms: | carrion, contamination, corruption, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, refuse, sediment, sewage, silt, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, crud, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rottenness, sleaze, uncleanness |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
| Synonyms: | bog, dirt, fen, goo*, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, slime*, swamp, glop, gunk, quicksand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid emitted |
| Synonyms: | fluid, goo*, mire, muck*, mud, silt, slime*, sludge, alluvium, glop, gook, gunk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scandalous remark |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting*, black eye*, calumny, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirt*, disparagement, hit*, libel, lie, misrepresentation, mud*, obloquy, rap*, scandal, slam*, slime*, smear*, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, dirty linen, muckraking, mud-slinging |
| Notes: | libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement' slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation |
| Antonyms: | glorification, nicety, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sludge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mud |
| Synonyms: | goo*, grease, mire, muck, oil, ooze, scum, sediment, silt, slime, slop, glop, goop, gunk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse |
| Synonyms: | dung, manure, mire, mud, slime, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grime, impurity |
| Synonyms: | dregs, excrement, filth, ground, mire, muck, mud, slime, smudge, smut, soil, stain, tarnish, crud, dreck, feculence, filthiness, gook, gunk, rottenness, scuz, sleaze |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity, sterility, pureness |
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