verb
Meaning 1
To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demonize, denigrate, talk shit, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, sully, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong
Antonyms: speak well of, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly, lay it on thick, make fair weather, palaver, preen, puff, soothe, stroke, tickle the ear