| speak ill of(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, taint) |
| stain(verb, push, slight, criticize, insult) |
| swear at(expression, sound, rage, insult, offend) |
| admonish(verb, abuse, criticize, scorn, censure) |
| badmouth(verb, ruin, abuse, criticize, disgrace) |
| bark at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, abuse, condemn) |
| belabour |
| blot(noun, verb, push, slight, insult) |
| blow upon(verb, expression, phrasal verb, detraction) |
| cast aspersions on(verb, expression, idiom, law, attack) |
| chasten(verb, criticize, reprimand, reproach, disapprove) |
| contemn(verb, slight, criticize, lower, disparage) |
| cry down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, criticize) |
| dispraise(noun, verb, dismiss, slight, criticize) |
| humiliate(verb, shame, smear, slur, demean) |
| impeach(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| jaw |
| rail at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, criticize) |
| rebuke(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| scorch(verb, cut, attack, ruin, dismiss) |