VERB | communication | drag through the mud, badmouth, malign, traduce | speak unfavorably about |
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Meaning | speak unfavorably about. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | badmouth, malign, traduce | |
Broader | defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch | Charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent |
Spanish | calumniar, difamar | |
Catalan | difamar |
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