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hurl/throw/sling mud at sb
Definition
› to say insulting or unfair things about someone, especially to try to damage their reputation → See also mudslingingDamaging reputationDisapproving and criticizing
(Definition of hurl/throw/sling mud at sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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hurdle noun (PROBLEM)
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hurdle verb
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hurdler noun
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hurdy-gurdy noun
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hurl verb
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
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hurly-burly noun
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hurray exclamation
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hurricane lamp noun
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hurricane noun
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hurried adjective
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SMART Thesaurus: Damaging reputation
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
- impugn verb
- libel noun
- mudslinging noun
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander noun
- slander verb
- slur noun (CRITICISM)
- slur verb (CRITICIZE)
- smear noun (ACCUSING)
- smear verb (ACCUSE)
- stab noun
- sully verb
- vilify verb
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