Synonyms:
- attack,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- belittlement,
- blackening,
- calumny,
- defamation,
- defamation of character,
- defilement,
- denigration,
- depreciation,
- dirt,
- dirty politics,
- disparagement,
- gossip column,
- juicy morsel,
- last-minute lie,
- malicious defamation,
- malicious gossip,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- mudslinging campaign,
- name-calling,
- political canard,
- revilement,
- roorback,
- scandal,
- scandalmongering,
- slander,
- smear,
- smear campaign,
- smear word,
- tidbit,
- vilification,
- whispering campaign