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Badmouthing

To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

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    To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

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traduceverb(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
malignverb(transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
drag through the mudverb(transitive, idiomatic) To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
againstverb
maligningverb(transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
insultingContaining insult, or having the intention of insulting.
denigratingverb(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
disparagingInsulting, ridiculing.
slanderingverbThe act of committing slander.
disparageverbTo dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
disparagesverbTo dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
defamingverbdefamation
denigratorynounTending to denigrate.
derogatingverb(transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
bad temperedSynonym of ill humor.
insultsnoun(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
bad mannersnounThe treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.
disparagementnounThe act of disparaging, of belittling.
name callingName-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.
denigratesverb(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

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