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What is another word for slandering?

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Verb

Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

Present participle for to make spitefully critical comments

Present participle for to betray someone's trust

Bitter and abusive language

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Verb

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Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

libelling^UK

libeling^US

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mud

dragging through the mire

casting aspersions on

spreading scandal about

doing a hatchet job on

running a smear campaign against

blackening someone's name

running smear campaign

criticizing^US

bringing into disrepute

criticising^UK

bringing discredit to

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

tarring and feathering

blackening the name of

pummelling^UK

sullying the reputation of

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

throwing brickbats at

doing down

dragging someone's name through the mud

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

putting in a bad light

showing up

dispraising

writing false reports about

hitting where one lives

spreading tales about

marking wrong

calling names

dragging name through mud

finding fault with

blackening the character of

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

causing to lose face

injuring one's reputation

damaging one's good name

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

blaming

hurting somebody's feelings

displeasing

crucifying

haranguing

stepping on one's toes

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

bawling out

raising your hackles

giving the cold shoulder

putting your back up

ruffling one's feathers

confronting

giving a zinger

making somebody's hackles rise

giving someone a dressing-down

giving a bad press to

look down one's nose at

hauling over the coals

giving someone a bad press

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

nit-picking

picking at

remonstrating with

treating with contempt

rapping over the knuckles

finding lacking

nitpicking over

giving someone a bollocking

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

letting someone have it

glossing over

tearing apart

giving something a bad press

giving something a battering

setting little store by

passing strictures upon

holding up to ridicule

railing at

rating too low

laying down the law

raking over the coals

doing an injustice to

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

pitching into

lowering the status of

ranting at

turning your nose up at

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

expressing disapproval of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

regarding with contempt

jumping down one's throat

criticizing severely

ticking off

taking the mickey

turning up one's nose

giving the business

arguing against

giving someone a wigging

giving comeuppance

thinking too little of

making a fuss about

giving someone some stick

bringing to book

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

slapping someone's wrist

taking issue with

taking exception to

looking down upon

biting someone's head off

bringing low

taking the piss out of

kicking up a stink about

labelling^UK

labeling^US

poormouthing

refuting

squashing

commenting negatively

reviewing unfavorably

knocking off high horse

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

treating contemptuously

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

shooting full of holes

telling someone to get lost

curling your lip at

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

giving the cold shoulder to

sweeping aside

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

aping

having no use for

refusing to acknowledge

taking to the woodshed

going on at

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

blowing up

keeping after

jumping down someone's throat

giving someone a caning

having someone on the carpet

doing an impression of

complaining vociferously about

protesting against

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

speaking out against

lodging a protest against

kicking up a fuss about

taking exception

taking a stand against

raising objections to

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“At the time, a certain person from a neighboring province wrote and circulated a vulgar poem trying to slander me.”

Verb

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Present participle for to make spitefully critical comments

Verb

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Present participle for to betray someone's trust

selling down the river

playing someone false

giving someone a Judas kiss

breaking trust

breaking faith

breaking with

biting the hand that feeds one

selling the pass

walking out on

biting the hand that feeds you

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

Noun

Bitter and abusive language

character assassination

offense^US

offence^UK

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

rap over the knuckles

scathing condemnation

backhanded compliment

judgement^UK

judgment^US

statement of opposition

being put in one's place

eat the head off someone

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

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