Words and phrases that have a meaning related to defame: (109 results)
Often used in the same context:
malign, discredit, denigrate, besmirch, slander, vilify, embarrass, demonize, humiliate, demean, belittle, smear, subvert, marginalize, intimidate, tarnish, harass, communalise, sully, impugn, embarass, destabilize, befool, politicize, implicate, misinform, overawe, mislead, incite, assassinate, misguide, disparage, undermine, scandalise, ostracise, foment, dehumanise, insinuate, blacken, demoralize, suborn, scandalize, blackmail, destroy, extort, libelled, incriminate, secularise, witch hunt, offend, badmouth, islamize, oppress, traduce, brainwash, sabotage, instigate, subjugate, deceive, debase, persecute, exculpate, hoodwink, blackball, bastardise, christianise, mollycoddle, desecrate, inculpate, enslave, coerce, outdo, disorganize, monopolize, misquote, usurp, vitiating, crucify, terrorize, defile, perjuring, infiltrate, maltreat, lionise, victimize, estrange, coopt, insult, strangulate, manipulate, stifle, propagate, polarize, deface, obfuscate, blaspheme, indoctrinate, propagandise, censor, ratting, dignify, dehumanize
More specific:
drag through the mud, libel
Synonyms:
Also try:asperse, calumniate, smirch
— Adjectives for defame: false, brighter, foul, own, great, black
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