| 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: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal attack |
Synonyms: |
bad-mouthing, blame, castigation, censure, curse, curses, defamation, derision, hosing, insults, invective, kicking around, knifing, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, pushing around, put-down, quinine, reproach, revilement, scolding, signifying, slander, swearing, tirade, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
acclamation, adulation, approval, commendation, plaudit, praise |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal assault |
Synonyms: |
abuse, aggression, belligerence, blame, calumny, censure, combativeness, criticism, denigration, denunciation, impugnment, libel, pugnacity, slander, vilification |
Antonyms: |
defense, reprisal, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender |
| Main Entry: | backbiting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful talk |
Synonyms: |
abuse, aspersion, backstabbing, belittlement, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, defamation, denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, gossip, invective, lie, malice, obloquy, scandal, slander, spite, spitefulness, tale, traducement, vilification, vituperation |
Antonyms: |
encouragement, praise |
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful, swearing remark |
Synonyms: |
anathema, ban, bane, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cuss word, cussing, damning, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, double whammy, execration, expletive, four-letter word, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, malison, naughty words, no-no, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, swear word, swearing, vilification, whammy |
Antonyms: |
compliment, praise |
| 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: | denunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation, criticism |
Synonyms: |
accusation, arraignment, blame, castigation, censure, charge, cursing, damning, denouncement, derogation, dressing down, fulmination, incrimination, indictment, invective, knock*, obloquy, rap, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, smearing, stigmatization, upbraidment, vilification |
Antonyms: |
appreciation, approval, commendation, compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | detraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation; slander |
Synonyms: |
abuse, aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, damage, defamation, denigration, deprecation, derogation, disesteem, disparagement, harm, hit, hurt, injury, injustice, innuendo, insinuation, knock*, libel, libeling, lie, maligning, minimization, muckraking, obloquy, pejorative, revilement, ridicule, running down, scandal, scandalmongering, scurrility, slam, smear campaign, tale, traducement, traducing, vilification, vituperation, wrong |
Antonyms: |
admiration, adulation, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | execration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hating |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, anathema, blasphemy, condemnation, contempt, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, detestation, detesting, excoriation, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, profanity, swearing, vilification |
Antonyms: |
liking, loving |
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful communication |
Synonyms: |
abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye, blasphemy, cheap shot, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disdainfulness, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, rudeness, scorn, scurrility, shame, slam, slander, slap, slap in the face, slight, snub, superciliousness, taunt, unpleasantry, vilification, vituperation |
Antonyms: |
compliment, flattery, praise |