MALIGNING Synonyms

• (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• smear so as to make dirty or stained

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• the state of being held in low esteem

• cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

• damage the reputation of

• reject as false; refuse to accept

• To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

• To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• speak unfavorably about

• spread negative information about

• speak unfavorably about

• morally bad or wrong

• morally objectionable behavior

• the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

• having the nature of vice

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• speak unfavorably about

• speak unfavorably about