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backbite
say mean things
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slander
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words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
related words >
asperse
,
assail
,
attack
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
barefaced lie
,
belie
,
belittlement
,
bitchiness
,
blackwash
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
cattiness
,
character assassination
,
consummate lie
,
damage
,
decry
,
defamation
,
defamation of character
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
depreciation
,
dirt
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
gossip column
,
hurt
,
injure
,
juicy morsel
,
libel
,
malicious gossip
,
malign
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
muckrake
,
muckraking
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
roorback
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slur
,
smear
,
strumpet
,
tale
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
tidbit
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whispering campaign
,
whopper
libel
collapse
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
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affidavit
,
allegation
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asperse
,
aspersion
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
bad-mouth
,
barefaced lie
,
belittle
,
belittlement
,
besmirch
,
bill
,
bill of complaint
,
bitchiness
,
blacken
,
blot
,
burlesque
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
caricature
,
cattiness
,
claim
,
complaint
,
consummate lie
,
declaration
,
defamation
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
denigration
,
denounce
,
denunciation
,
deposition
,
deprecate
,
deprecation
,
depreciate
,
depreciation
,
derogate
,
derogation
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
falsehood
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
ill repute
,
innuendo
,
insinuate
,
insinuation
,
lie
,
malign
,
misrepresent
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
mortification
,
mortify
,
narratio
,
nolle prosequi
,
nonsuit
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
prevarication
,
scandal
,
scandalize
,
shame
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
stain
,
statement
,
statement of facts
,
stigma
,
stigmatize
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
travesty
,
untruth
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whopper
malign
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evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
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antagonistic
,
antipathetic
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asperse
,
atrocious
,
backbite
,
bad-mouth
,
baleful
,
baneful
,
barbaric
,
barbarous
,
befoul
,
besmirch
,
bespatter
,
bestial
,
bitchy
,
blacken
,
bloody
,
blow upon
,
brutal
,
brutish
,
calumniate
,
cast aspersions on
,
cast reflections on
,
catching
,
communicable
,
contagious
,
corroding
,
corrosive
,
corrupting
,
corruptive
,
counterproductive
,
cussed
,
damaging
,
deadly
,
death-bringing
,
deathful
,
deathly
,
decry
,
defame
,
defile
,
deleterious
,
denigrate
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
despiteful
,
destructive
,
detract
,
detrimental
,
disadvantageous
,
disparage
,
disserviceable
,
distressing
,
envenomed
,
evil
,
fatal
,
feral
,
ferine
,
ferocious
,
fierce
,
harmful
,
hateful
,
hostile
,
hurtful
,
infectious
,
infective
,
inhuman
,
inimical
,
iniquitous
,
injurious
,
internecine
,
invidious
,
kill-crazy
,
killing
,
lethal
,
libel
,
malefic
,
maleficent
,
malevolent
,
malicious
,
malignant
,
mean
,
mephitic
,
merciless
,
miasmal
,
miasmatic
,
miasmic
,
mischievous
,
mortal
,
murderous
,
nasty
,
noisome
,
noncivilized
,
noxious
,
ominous
,
ornery
,
pernicious
,
pestiferous
,
pestilential
,
pitiless
,
poisonous
,
pollute
,
prejudicial
,
rancorous
,
revile
,
ruthless
,
sanguinary
,
savage
,
scandal
,
scandalize
,
scatheful
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
soil
,
spatter
,
spiteful
,
stain
,
sully
,
taint
,
tameless
,
tarnish
,
tear down
,
toxic
,
toxicant
,
toxiferous
,
traduce
,
uncivilized
,
ungentle
,
untamed
,
venenate
,
veneniferous
,
venenous
,
venomous
,
vicious
,
vilify
,
virulent
,
vituperate
,
wicked
,
wild
disparage
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express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
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abate
,
abrade
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
attaint
,
backbite
,
bad-mouth
,
bate
,
be above
,
be contemptuous of
,
be disrespectful
,
be overfamiliar with
,
belittle
,
bespatter
,
blacken
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
brand
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
care nothing for
,
censure
,
cheapen
,
chill
,
contemn
,
criticize
,
cry down
,
curtail
,
debase
,
decrease
,
decry
,
deduct
,
defame
,
defile
,
degrade
,
deject
,
demean
,
demoralize
,
denigrate
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
deride
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
despise
,
detract
,
detract from
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
diminish
,
disapprove
,
disapprove of
,
discommend
,
discredit
,
disdain
,
disesteem
,
disgrace
,
dishearten
,
dishonor
,
dispirit
,
dispraise
,
disprize
,
disrespect
,
disvalue
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
dump on
,
eat away
,
erode
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
extract
,
feel contempt for
,
feel superior to
,
file away
,
gibbet
,
hang in effigy
,
hold beneath one
,
hold cheap
,
hold in contempt
,
impair
,
insult
,
knock
,
leach
,
lessen
,
libel
,
look down upon
,
make free with
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
malign
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
not respect
,
pillory
,
purify
,
put down
,
rank low
,
reduce
,
refine
,
reflect discredit upon
,
remove
,
reprimand
,
retrench
,
ridicule
,
rub away
,
run down
,
scorn
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shorten
,
show disrespect for
,
shrug off
,
slander
,
slight
,
slur
,
smear
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
sniff at
,
snort at
,
soil
,
speak ill of
,
stain
,
stigmatize
,
subduct
,
submit to indignity
,
subtract
,
sully
,
taint
,
take a liberty
,
take away
,
take from
,
take liberties with
,
talk down
,
tarnish
,
thin
,
thin out
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
traduce
,
treat with disrespect
,
trifle with
,
underestimate
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
vilify
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
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