Synonyms:
- 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