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scandal collapse: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people; a disgraceful event

villainy collapse: a treacherous or vicious act; the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

profanation collapse: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

black eye collapse: a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

tarnish collapse: discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation; make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

slur collapse: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato; utter indistinctly; speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"; play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

sully collapse: French statesman (1560-1641); United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

vilify collapse: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

notoriety collapse: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

blot collapse: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"; dry (ink) with blotting paper

smear collapse: a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope; slanderous defamation; make a smudge on; soil by smudging; stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

disapprove collapse: consider bad or wrong; deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

disparagement collapse: the act of speaking contemptuously of; a communication that belittles somebody or something

abomination collapse: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"; a person who is loathsome or disgusting

stain collapse: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"; (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible; color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"; color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"; produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"

contempt collapse: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body; a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous; open disrespect for a person or thing; lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

blacken collapse: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

disfavor collapse: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group; the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king"

smudge collapse: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"; a smoky fire to drive away insects

pillory collapse: a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn; punish by putting in a pillory; expose to ridicule or public scorn

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