maligning
71Commo — 1. person known or suspected of being a communist; 2. used in jocular combinations maligning non right wing types: Poofo, commo, pinko, nancy boys …
72Poofo — homosexual; used in jocular combinations maligning non right wing types: Poofo, commo, pinko, nancy boys …
73commo — Australian Slang 1. person known or suspected of being a communist; 2. used in jocular combinations maligning non right wing types: Poofo, commo, pinko, nancy boys …
74poofo — Australian Slang homosexual; used in jocular combinations maligning non right wing types: Poofo, commo, pinko, nancy boys …
75abuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misuse, misapply; mistreat, injure, damage; malign, scold, berate, vilify, curse; flay. n. injury, desecration; insult. See disapprobation, badness, deception, impurity, wrong.Ant., praise,… …
76opprobrious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abusive, insulting, offensive, slanderous, derogatory, contemptuous, malicious. See disrepute, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Expressing slander] Syn. scurrilous, slanderous, abusive,… …
77abusive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harshly insulting] Syn. offensive, scurrilous, insulting, sharp tongued; see opprobrious , rude 2 . 2. [Treating badly] Syn. brutal, sadistic, injurious, corrupt; see cruel 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. harmful …
78libelous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. derogatory, slanderous, sarcastic; see opprobrious 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. slanderous, defamatory, scandalous, denigrating, untrue, false, malicious, injurious, maligning, discrediting, made up. ANT.: true …
79slighting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abusive, derisive, maligning; see derogatory , opprobrious 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Tending or intending to belittle: deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory,… …
80smear campaign — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. an underhanded campaign to ruin someone s reputation. The politicians launched smear campaigns against each other. SYN.: mudslinging, character assassination, slander, public denigration,… …
