| assail(criticize, challenge, disparage, denounce, belittle) |
| attack(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, dispute) |
| befoul(verb, ruin, criticize, insult, disgrace) |
| blister(verb, ruin, push, slight, abuse) |
| blot(verb, push, slight, insult, stain) |
| brand(verb, push, slight, insult, stain) |
| cast aspersions on(verb, expression, idiom, law, attack) |
| contemn(verb, slight, criticize, lower, disparage) |
| cry down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, criticize) |
| debase(verb, disparage, smear, assail, malign) |
| denounce(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, censure) |
| dump on(expression, dismiss, push, slight, abuse) |
| give a black eye(verb, expression, idiom, ruin, push) |
| hit(verb, ruin, slight, criticize, condemn) |
| injure(verb, criticize, disparage, belittle, taint) |
| knock(verb, abuse, criticize, dispute, crack) |
| lie |
| muckrake(insult, disparage, belittle, slur, malign) |
| pan(verb, ruin, dismiss, slight, abuse) |
| put down(verb, expression, dismiss, push, slight) |