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81vilification — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. defamation, slander, mudsling ing, libel, smear, criticism, verbal abuse, denunciation, *slamming, maligning, denigration, calumny, character assassination, *bad mouthing. ANT.: praising, commendation, acclaim II… …
82malign — {{11}}malign (adj.) early 14c., from O.Fr. maligne having an evil nature, from L. malignus wicked, bad natured, from male badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + gnus born, from gignere to bear, beget, from PIE root *gn to bear (see …
83malign — [[t]məla͟ɪn[/t]] maligns, maligning, maligned 1) VERB If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them. [FORMAL] [V n] We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it. We assumed the very worst about him... [V n]… …
84derogative — adj. humiliating, belittling, maligning …
85depreciation — n. 1. Fall in price, diminution of value, decline in value, fall, decline. 2. Detraction, disparagement, derogation, belittling, traducing, maligning, censure …
86slanderous — a. 1. Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and malicious. 2. Backbiting, maligning, calumnious, false and malicious …
87abusive — abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious, scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance. Abusive… …
88calumny — slander, *detraction, backbiting, scandal Analogous words: aspersion, reflection, *animadversion, stricture: defaming or defamation, maligning, traducing, vilifying or vilification, libeling or libel (see corresponding verbs at MALIGN vb)… …
89depreciative — depreciative, depreciatory *derogatory, disparaging, slighting, pejorative Analogous words: decrying, belittling, minimizing (see DECRY): aspersing, maligning (see MALIGN vb): underrating, underestimating, undervaluing (see base words at… …
90depreciatory — depreciative, depreciatory *derogatory, disparaging, slighting, pejorative Analogous words: decrying, belittling, minimizing (see DECRY): aspersing, maligning (see MALIGN vb): underrating, underestimating, undervaluing (see base words at… …
