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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a scandalous remark |
| Synonyms: | asperse, assail, attack, backbite, bad-mouth, belie, belittle, besmirch, blacken name, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, cast a slur on, curse, damage, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonor, disparage, give a bad name, hit*, hurt, injure, libel, malign, muckrake, pan, plaster, revile, roast, run smear campaign, scandalize, scorch, slam*, sling mud, slur, smear, smirch, sneer, strumpet, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify |
| 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: | flatter, glorify, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, decimate, demolish, destruct, disrupt, lay in ruins, lay waste, overthrow, overturn, put out of action, put out of commission, raze, ruin, shatter, tear down, topple, trash, tumble, wreck |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | vilify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize very harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, asperse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, berate, blister, call down, caluminate, censure, curse, cuss, damn, debase, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, dig*, disparage, dress down, dump on, give a black eye, jinx, knock*, libel, malign, mistreat, mudsling, pan, put a whammy on, put down*, rag on, rap, revile, rip up, roast, run down, scorch, skin alive, slam*, slander, slur, smear, speak ill of, tear down, tear into, traduce, vituperate, voodoo |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | libel |
| Synonyms: | blacken, cast aspersions on, defame, detract, disparage, malign, slander, slur, smear, tear down, vilify |
| Main Entry: | destruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | decimate, demolish, devastate, dismantle, level, pulverize, raze, ruin, tear down, wipe out, wreck |
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| Main Entry: | discredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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abject, arrant, at a discount, base, beggarly, blown upon, dedecorous, degrading, derogatory, despicable, dirty, discreditable, disgraced, disgraceful, disreputable, down in the world, downtrodden, humiliating, ignominious, in bad repute, in the background, in the shade, indign, infamous, inglorious, loaded with shame, low, mean, nameless, notorious, opprobrious, out at elbows, out of contenance, out of fashion, out of favor, out of repute, outrageous, overcome, pitiful, pudendous, questionable, renownless, ribald, scandalous, scrubby, shabby, shameful, shocking, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, too bad, unable to show one's face, unbecoming, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unglorified, unhonored, unknown to fame, unmentionable, unnoted, unnoticed, unworthy, vile
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