| Main Entry: | character assassination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack someone's reputation |
Synonyms: |
ad hominem, blackening, dirty politics, dirty pool, dirty tricks, hatchet job, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, personal attack, slanderous attack, smear, smear campaign |
| Main Entry: | defamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel, slander |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, black eye, calumny, character assassination, cheap shot, denigration, depreciation, detraction, dirt, dirty laundry, disparagement, dump*, dynamite, hit, knock, lie, low-down dirty, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, scorcher, slam*, slap in face, slime, slur, smear, tale, traducement, vilification |
Antonyms: |
approval, commendation, compliment, exaltation, praise |
| Main Entry: | mudslinging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smear campaign |
Synonyms: |
character assassination, defamation, dirty politics, dragging one's name through the mud, negative campaign, slander |
| Main Entry: | smear campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to defame another |
Synonyms: |
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 |
| Main Entry: | whispering campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | negative campaign |
Synonyms: |
character assassination, innuendo, insinuation, slander, sly suggestion, smear campaign |
| Main Entry: | calumniation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false accusation |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, libel, malice, malicious statement, obloquy, slander, traducement, vilification |
| Main Entry: | denigration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belittlement |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, defaming, deprecation, derogation, detraction, disparagement, libel, libeling, put-down, ridicule, scorn, slander, smearing, traducement, traducing, vilification |
| Main Entry: | traducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, lying, malicious, obloquy, scandal, slander, smear, vilification, vituperation |
| Main Entry: | vilification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, lying, malicious, obloquy, scandal, slander, smear, traducement, vituperation |
| Main Entry: | defamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
abusive, black-mouthed, bumptious, calumniatory, calumnious, cavalier, contemptible, contemptuous, contumelious, cynical, defamatory, derisive, derogatory, despicable, despised, detracting, detractory, disdainful, disparaging, downtrodden, foul-mouthed, foul-tongued, haughty, libelous, maledicent, opprobrious, pejorative, pilgarlicky, pitiable, pitiful, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, scornful, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, sniffy, supercilious, thersitical, turpid, unenvied, vilipendious, vituperative, wanky, withering
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