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| Main Entry: | scandalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calumniate |
| Synonyms: | backbite, bad-mouth, belie, belittle, blackball, blackguard, condemn, decry, defame, denigrate, deprecate, detract, disgrace, disgust, dishonor, disparage, embarrass, lampoon, libel, malign, offend, outrage, revile, shock, slander, traduce, vilify, asperse |
| Antonyms: | commend, compliment, flatter, honor, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | defame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inflict libel or slander |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouth*, belie, besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, knock, malign, pan*, roast, scandalize, scorch, slam, smear, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, cast aspersions on, cast slur on, do a number on, put zingers on, speak evil of, throw mud at, villainize |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, exalt, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, malign |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, decry, defame, disparage, impugn, knock*, libel, put down*, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slander, tear down*, traduce, vilify, asperse, bad mouth, dis, give black eye, mudsling, rip up |
| Antonyms: | boost, cherish, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause aversion; repel |
| Synonyms: | abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, fill with loathing, gross out, insult, irk, make one sick, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn one's stomach, upset |
| Antonyms: | admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | libel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purposefully lie about someone |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouth*, blister, burlesque, calumniate, caricature, crack, defame, denigrate, derogate, knock, malign, mark*, revile, roast, scandalize, scorch, sizzle, slur, smear, tear down, traduce, travesty, vilify, asperse, drag name through mud, give a black eye, mark wrong |
| 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: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slander, defame |
| Synonyms: | abuse, accuse, backbite*, bad-mouth*, befoul, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, curse, decry, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dirty*, disparage, harm, injure, insult, misrepresent, pollute, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slur, smear, soil, spatter*, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, bespatter, cast aspersion, mudsling, opprobriate, speak ill of, take a swipe at, villainize |
| Antonyms: | praise, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, offend, abuse |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, defile, deflower, desecrate, force, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar*, madden, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain*, rape, ravage, ravish, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up*, boil over*, burn up*, do violence to, fire up, ill- treat, kick up a row, make hit the ceiling, reach boiling point |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | completely surprise |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, anger, antagonize, appall, astound, awe, bowl over*, daze, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, disturb, electrify, flabbergast, flood, floor*, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, knock out*, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, overcome, overwhelm, paralyze, revolt, rock, scandalize, shake, shake up, sicken, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, unsettle, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, throw a curve, traumatize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a scandalous remark |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, backbite*, bad-mouth*, belie, belittle, besmirch, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, curse, damage, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonor, disparage, hit*, hurt, injure, libel, malign, pan*, plaster, revile, roast*, scandalize, scorch, slam*, slur, smear, smirch, sneer, strumpet, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, asperse, blacken name, cast a slur on, give a bad name, muckrake, run smear campaign, sling mud |
| Antonyms: | flatter, glorify, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform an action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, enact, execute, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak, effectuate, go for broke, go in for, go out for |
| Antonyms: | cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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