| 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: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about others; rumor |
Synonyms: |
account, babble, back-fence talk, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat, chronicle, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, earful, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, small talk, story, tale, talk, whispering campaign, wire |
Antonyms: |
fact |
| Main Entry: | scuttlebutt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
babble, back-fence talk, blather, chatter, chitchat, dirty laundry, grapevine, hearsay, meddling, prattle, rumor, talk |
| Main Entry: | talebearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
account, babble, back-fence talk, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat, chronicle, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, earful, gossipry, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, small talk, story, tale, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whispering campaign, wire, word* |
| 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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