cast
verb (DOUBT) /kɑːst/
/kæst/ (cast, cast)Definition
cast doubt/suspicion on sb/sth C2 to make people feel less sure about or have less trust in something or someone: New evidence has cast doubt on the guilty verdict.Damaging reputationDisapproving and criticizing cast aspersions on sb/sth formal › to criticize or make damaging remarks or judgments about someone or something: His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism.Damaging reputationDisapproving and criticizing
(Definition of cast verb (DOUBT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- besmirch verb
- black mark noun
- blacken verb (SPOIL)
- blot your copybook idiom
- calumny noun
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn verb
- libel noun
- scurrilous adjective
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander noun
- slander verb
- slur noun (CRITICISM)
- slur verb (CRITICIZE)
- smear noun (ACCUSING)
- smear verb (ACCUSE)
- sully verb
- tarnish verb (GOOD OPINION)
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Damaging reputation
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