drag through the mud
speak unfavorably about (Freq. 1) - She badmouths her husband everywhere • Syn: badmouth, malign, traduce • Derivationally related forms: traducement (for: traduce), traducer (for: traduce), malignment (for: malign), maligner (for: malign) • Hypernyms: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody
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