Exact Match:
- muckraking
- the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
Synonyms:
- attack,
- blackening,
- character assassination,
- defamation,
- defamation of character,
- defilement,
- denigration,
- dirty politics,
- last-minute lie,
- malicious defamation,
- mudslinging,
- mudslinging campaign,
- name-calling,
- political canard,
- revilement,
- roorback,
- smear,
- smear campaign,
- smear word,
- vilification,
- whispering campaign
Related Words:
- defamation
collapse - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions related words >
- attack,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- belittlement,
- blackening,
- calumny,
- character assassination,
- defamation of character,
- defilement,
- denigration,
- depreciation,
- disparagement,
- malicious defamation,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- name-calling,
- revilement,
- scandal,
- slander,
- smear,
- smear campaign,
- smear word,
- tale,
- vilification
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- backbiting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- decrying,
- defamatory,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- discrediting,
- disparaging,
- libelous,
- maligning,
- minimizing,
- muckraking,
- pejorative,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slighting,
- smear,
- vilifying
- attack,
- blackening,
- character assassination,
- defamation,
- defamation of character,
- defilement,
- denigration,
- dirty politics,
- last-minute lie,
- malicious defamation,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging campaign,
- name-calling,
- political canard,
- revilement,
- roorback,
- smear,
- smear campaign,
- smear word,
- vilification,
- whispering campaign
- whispering campaign
collapse
- the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate related words >
- aspersion,
- character assassination,
- dirt,
- dirty politics,
- gossip column,
- imputation,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- juicy morsel,
- last-minute lie,
- malicious gossip,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- mudslinging campaign,
- personal remark,
- personality,
- political canard,
- reflection,
- roorback,
- scandal,
- scandalmongering,
- slander,
- slur,
- sly suggestion,
- smear campaign,
- suggestion,
- tidbit,
- uncomplimentary remark
- abuse,
- assailing,
- assault,
- attack,
- berating,
- bitter words,
- blackening,
- calumny,
- character assassination,
- contumely,
- defamation,
- defamation of character,
- defilement,
- denigration,
- diatribe,
- execration,
- hard words,
- invective,
- jawing,
- jeremiad,
- malicious defamation,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- name-calling,
- obloquy,
- onslaught,
- opprobrium,
- philippic,
- rating,
- screed,
- scurrility,
- smear,
- smear campaign,
- smear word,
- tirade,
- tongue-lashing,
- vilification,
- vituperation
- abuse,
- assailing,
- assault,
- attack,
- berating,
- bitter words,
- blackening,
- calumny,
- character assassination,
- contumely,
- defamation,
- defamation of character,
- defilement,
- denigration,
- diatribe,
- execration,
- hard words,
- invective,
- jawing,
- jeremiad,
- malicious defamation,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- name-calling,
- obloquy,
- onslaught,
- opprobrium,
- philippic,
- rating,
- revilement,
- screed,
- scurrility,
- smear,
- smear campaign,
- smear word,
- tirade,
- tongue-lashing,
- vituperation
- bruit,
- buzz,
- canard,
- character assassination,
- common talk,
- cry,
- dirty politics,
- flying rumor,
- grapevine,
- hearsay,
- idea afloat,
- last-minute lie,
- latrine rumor,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- mudslinging campaign,
- news stirring,
- on-dit,
- political canard,
- report,
- rumble,
- rumor,
- scuttlebutt,
- smear campaign,
- talk,
- town talk,
- unconfirmed report,
- whisper,
- whispering campaign
- character assassination
collapse
- an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation related words >
- 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
- slander
collapse
- 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
- 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 related words >
- anoint,
- apply paint,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- attack,
- attaint,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- beat,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- beeswax,
- befoul,
- begild,
- begrime,
- bend sinister,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- besmutch,
- besoil,
- bespatter,
- bestain,
- black,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blackening,
- blank,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- brush on paint,
- bulldoze,
- butter,
- calcimine,
- call names,
- calumniate,
- calumny,
- censure,
- champain,
- character assassination,
- clobber,
- coat,
- color,
- complexion,
- cover,
- cream,
- dab,
- darken,
- daub,
- deep-dye,
- defamation,
- defamation of character,
- defame,
- defeat utterly,
- defile,
- defilement,
- denigrate,
- denigration,
- dip,
- dirty,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- discredit,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- distemper,
- double-dye,
- dress,
- drub,
- dye,
- emblazon,
- embrocate,
- enamel,
- engage in personalities,
- engild,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- eyesore,
- face,
- fast-dye,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- foil,
- fresco,
- frustrate,
- gibbet,
- gild,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- glycerolate,
- grain,
- grease,
- grease the wheels,
- hang in effigy,
- heap dirt upon,
- hue,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- imputation,
- ingrain,
- japan,
- lacquer,
- lambaste,
- lard,
- lay on,
- lay on color,
- libel,
- lick,
- lubricate,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- malicious defamation,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- muckrake,
- muckraking,
- mudslinging,
- name-calling,
- oil,
- onus,
- overbear,
- overlay,
- overspread,
- overwhelm,
- paint,
- parget,
- paste,
- patch,
- pigment,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- plaster,
- point champain,
- pomade,
- prime,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- repulse,
- revile,
- revilement,
- rub,
- salve,
- scandal,
- scandalize,
- schmear,
- scorch,
- sear,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shellac,
- shut out,
- singe,
- skunk,
- slander,
- slap on,
- slather,
- slick,
- slick on,
- slop on paint,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smear campaign,
- smear on,
- smear word,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smooth the way,
- smother,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- snow under,
- soap the ways,
- soil,
- soilage,
- soilure,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spot,
- spread,
- spread on,
- spread with,
- stain,
- steamroller,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- stipple,
- sully,
- taint,
- tar,
- tarnish,
- thrash,
- throw mud at,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tone,
- trim,
- undercoat,
- unguent,
- varnish,
- vilification,
- vilify,
- wash,
- wax,
- whelm,
- whitewash,
- whomp,
- whop,
- wipe
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