To make defamatory statements about

• libel

  1. The legally indefensible publication or broadcast of words or images that are degrading to a person or injurious to his or her reputation.
  2. An incidence of such publication or broadcast.
  3. The written claims initiating a suit in an admiralty court.

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  1. The legally indefensible publication or broadcast of words or images that are degrading to a person or injurious to his or her reputation.
  2. An incidence of such publication or broadcast.
  3. The written claims initiating a suit in an admiralty court.

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• vilify

  1. To attack the reputation of (a person or thing) with strong or abusive criticism.

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  1. To attack the reputation of (a person or thing) with strong or abusive criticism.

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• traduce

  1. To make false or malicious statements about (someone) in order to cause humiliation or disgrace.
  2. To fail to uphold; disregard or violate:

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  1. To make false or malicious statements about (someone) in order to cause humiliation or disgrace.
  2. To fail to uphold; disregard or violate:

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• tear down

  1. In communications, to free up a circuit that has been established for a particular session. When the session is completed, the circuit is "torn down" and the components and services involved are available for use by someone else.

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  1. In communications, to free up a circuit that has been established for a particular session. When the session is completed, the circuit is "torn down" and the components and services involved are available for use by someone else.

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• slur

  1. To pronounce indistinctly.
  2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
  3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.

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  1. To pronounce indistinctly.
  2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
  3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.

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• slander

  1. Oral communication of false and malicious statements that damage the reputation of another.
  2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
  3. To utter a slander about.

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  1. Oral communication of false and malicious statements that damage the reputation of another.
  2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
  3. To utter a slander about.

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• defame

  1. To damage the reputation, character, or good name of (someone) by slander or libel.
  2. To disgrace.

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  1. To damage the reputation, character, or good name of (someone) by slander or libel.
  2. To disgrace.

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• calumniate

  1. To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about.

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  1. To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about.

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• backbite

  1. To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).
  2. To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.

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  1. To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).
  2. To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.

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• asperse

  1. To spread false or damaging accusations or insinuations against (someone).
  2. To slander or libel; defame.
  3. To sprinkle, especially with holy water.

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  1. To spread false or damaging accusations or insinuations against (someone).
  2. To slander or libel; defame.
  3. To sprinkle, especially with holy water.

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Strongly suggestive of great harm, menace, or evil

• sinister

  1. Suggesting or threatening harm or evil:
  2. Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked:
  3. Portending misfortune or disaster; ominous:

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  1. Suggesting or threatening harm or evil:
  2. Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked:
  3. Portending misfortune or disaster; ominous:

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• baleful

  1. Portending evil; ominous:
  2. Harmful or malignant in intent or effect:

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  1. Portending evil; ominous:
  2. Harmful or malignant in intent or effect:

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Characterized by intense ill will or spite

• bitchy

  1. Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.
  2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

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  1. Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.
  2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

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• wicked

  1. Evil or immoral:
  2. Playfully malicious or mischievous:
  3. Severe and distressing:

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  1. Evil or immoral:
  2. Playfully malicious or mischievous:
  3. Severe and distressing:

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• vicious

  1. Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious:
  2. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
  3. Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.

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  1. Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious:
  2. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
  3. Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.

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• venomous

  1. Secreting and transmitting venom:
  2. Full of or containing venom:
  3. Malicious; spiteful:

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  1. Secreting and transmitting venom:
  2. Full of or containing venom:
  3. Malicious; spiteful:

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• spiteful

  1. Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.

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  1. Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.

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• poisonous

  1. Containing or being a poison:
  2. Capable of harming or killing by poison:
  3. Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful:

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  1. Containing or being a poison:
  2. Capable of harming or killing by poison:
  3. Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful:

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• nasty

  1. Disgusting or repellent:
  2. Unpleasantly cold or wet:
  3. Dirty; filthy.

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  1. Disgusting or repellent:
  2. Unpleasantly cold or wet:
  3. Dirty; filthy.

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• mean

  1. To be used to convey; denote:
  2. To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
  3. To intend to convey or indicate:

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  1. To be used to convey; denote:
  2. To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
  3. To intend to convey or indicate:

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• malignant

  1. Tending to metastasize:
  2. Virulent or threatening to life:
  3. Having or showing ill will; malicious:

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  1. Tending to metastasize:
  2. Virulent or threatening to life:
  3. Having or showing ill will; malicious:

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• malicious

  1. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
  2. Done with malice.

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  1. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
  2. Done with malice.

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• malevolent

  1. Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
  2. Having a harmful influence:

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  1. Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
  2. Having a harmful influence:

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• hateful

  1. Eliciting or deserving hatred.
  2. Feeling or showing hatred:
  3. Very unpleasant or unappealing:

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  1. Eliciting or deserving hatred.
  2. Feeling or showing hatred:
  3. Very unpleasant or unappealing:

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• evil

  1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
  2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful:
  3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:

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  1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
  2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful:
  3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:

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• despiteful

  1. Full of malice; spiteful.

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  1. Full of malice; spiteful.

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• black

  1. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
  2. Having little or no light:
  3. Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin:

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  1. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
  2. Having little or no light:
  3. Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin:

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