5
scandal(noun, expression, law, attack, abuse)
4
belittlement(noun, attack, show, abuse, scorn)
4
character assassination(noun, expression, law, attack, scorn)
4
criticism(noun, charge, abuse, strike, scorn)
4
disgrace(noun, ridicule, humiliation, degradation)
4
dishonour
4
slur(noun, insult, offense, slander, disparagement)
3
condemnation(noun, charge, strike, scorn, censure)
3
disdain(noun, scorn, ridicule, contempt, disparagement)
3
disesteem(noun, abuse, contempt, slander, disparagement)
3
humiliation(noun, ridicule, degradation)
3
insult(noun, ridicule, contempt)
3
revilement(abuse, slander, disparagement)
2
backbiting(noun, abuse, scorn, insult, ridicule)
2
blame(noun, abuse, scorn, censure, ridicule)
2
censure(noun, charge, abuse, strike, scorn)
2
denouncement(noun, disapproval)
2
denunciation(noun, abuse, scorn, censure, ridicule)
2
disapproval(noun, censure, reproach, disapproval, condemnation)
2
dishonor(humiliation, degradation)
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