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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| 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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