1. (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• calumny
• defamation
• hatchet job
• obloquy
• traducement

1. (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• assassination
• blackwash
• character assassination
• epithet
• name
• libel
• malignment
• smear
• vilification
• name calling
• names
• slander

1. (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• depreciation
• derogation
• disparagement

1. (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• asperse
• asperse
• besmirch
• besmirch
• calumniate
• calumniate
• defame
• defame
• denigrate
• denigrate
• slander
• slander
• smear
• smear
• smirch
• smirch
• sully
• sully
• badmouth
• drag through the mud
• malign
• traduce
• calumniatory
• calumnious
• defamatory
• denigrating
• denigrative
• denigratory
• libellous
• libelous
• slanderous