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What is another word for libelling?

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Noun

The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

Adjective

Libelous or maliciously insulting

Verb

Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

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Noun

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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

character assassination

libelling^UK

defamation of character

rumor^US

rumour^UK

misrepresentation of character

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

rumours^UK

rumors^US

backhanded compliment

blot on the escutcheon

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

stories^US

offence^UK

storeys^UK

rap over the knuckles

damning portrayal

harsh depiction

disparaging representation

intimate intelligence

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“The poem must have been written early in Lope's life, during the exile from Madrid imposed on him for his libeling of Elena Osorio's family.”

Adjective

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Libelous or maliciously insulting

injurious

libellous^UK

libelous^US

dishonoring^US

libelling^UK

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

straight from the shoulder

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Verb

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Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

casting aspersions on

spreading scandal about

tearing down

doing a hatchet job on

telling lies about

writing false reports about

spreading tales about

marking wrong

dragging name through mud

dragging someone's name through the mud

knocking

decrying

rubbishing

dragging through the mud

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mire

bringing into disrepute

disrespecting

deriding

bringing discredit to

running smear campaign

criticizing^US

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

bashing

blackening the name of

criticising^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

sullying the reputation of

running a smear campaign against

conducting a smear campaign against

blackening the reputation of

belaboring^US

pummelling^UK

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

belabouring^UK

blackening someone's name

throwing brickbats at

blackening the character of

hitting where one lives

making someone eat crow

putting someone in their place

attainting

showing up

taking down a peg or two

putting in a bad light

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

libelling^UK

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

reading the riot act

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

tearing a strip off

doing an injustice to

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

pitching into

lowering the status of

ranting at

giving someone a dressing-down

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

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

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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“Essentially, the video in question was a deliberate attempt to libel and defame a private citizen.”

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