All mud-slinging synonyms

noun mud-slinging

• defamation — Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
• smear — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
• misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• disparagement — the act of disparaging.
• libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
• obloquy — censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
• dirt — Design In Real Time
• detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
• slime — thin, glutinous mud.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
• slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
• backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
• rap — to carry off; transport.
• depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
• scandal — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
• calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
• muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
• black eye — If someone has a black eye, they have a dark-coloured bruise around their eye.
• belittlement — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
• backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.