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mudslinging

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The campaign degenerated into mutual mudslinging, each candidate trying to tarnish the other's reputation and looking bad in the process.
  • The mudslinging didn't help expand the media coverage of the issues; all that was reported was the mudslingings.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mud + slinging.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: loanheitto — casting aspersions to discredit
  • German: Schlammschlacht — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Greek: λασπολογία (laspología) — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Hungarian: sárdobálás — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Persian: لجنپراکنی (lajan-parâkani) — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Spanish: injuriamiento — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Swedish: pajkastning — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Turkish: çamur atmak — casting aspersions to discredit
  • Turkish: bok atmak — casting aspersions to discredit
Real reading context

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