| insinuation(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| invective(abuse, lie, gossip, viciousness, spitefulness) |
| libeling(abuse, scorn, slander, disparagement, vilification) |
| lying(noun, criticism, disparagement, libel, maliciousness) |
| malice(abuse, lie, gossip, viciousness, spitefulness) |
| malicious(noun, lying, criticism, disparagement, libel) |
| maliciousness(criticism, disparagement) |
| maligning(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| minimization(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| misrepresentation slander(expression, abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| muckraking(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| mudslinging |
| pejorative(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| put-down(scorn, disparagement, vilification) |
| revilement(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| ridicule(abuse, scorn, slander, disparagement, vilification) |
| running down(expression, abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| scandalmongering(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| scorn(disparagement, vilification) |
| scurrility(abuse, slander, disparagement) |