calumnyformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Damaging reputation
anti-defamation
aspersion
besmirch
black mark
blacken
blot
defamatory
defame
demonize
dog
drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom
malign
scurrility
scurrilous
scurrilously
self-immolation
show someone in a bad lightidiom
slur
smear
tarnish
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