smear
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verb
asperse, attack, attaint, belittle, besmear, besmirch, besmut, blacken, blemish, brand, calumniate, cast a slur, contaminate, decry, defame, defile, degrade, denigrate, denounce, depreciate, derogate, destroy one's reputation, detract, discredit, dishonor, disparage, disrate, expose to infamy, hold up to shame, humiliate, inlinere, libel, make scandal, malign, mar, mark, oblinere, pillory, pollute, render unclean, ridicule, slander, slur, smirch, soil, speak evil of, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, undermine, vilify, vilipend
associated concepts: defamation
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index
attaint, brand (stigmatize), contemn, deface, defacement, defamation, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), denunciation, disgrace, dishonor (shame), dishonor (deprive of honor), disparage, libel (noun), libel (verb), malign, pillory, slander, spread, stain, stigma, sully, tarnish, vilification
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006