7
darkens(verb, darkens)
4
besmears(verb, slanders)
4
besmirches(verb, slanders)
4
tarnishes(verb, slanders)
3
defames(verb, slanders)
3
denigrates(verb, slanders)
2
blacks
2
calumniates(verb, slanders)
2
clouds(noun, verb, darkens)
2
libels(noun, verb, slanders)
2
maligns(verb, slanders)
2
obscures(verb, darkens)
2
shades(verb, darkens)
2
slanders(verb, slanders)
2
sullies(verb, slanders)
2
traduces(verb, slanders)
2
vilifies(verb, slanders)
1
badmouths(verb, slanders)
1
blackener
1
blackening
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