mudslinging
mudslinging
nounDefinition of MUDSLINGING
the use of personal attacks or insults in order to undermine an opponent <the ceaseless mudslinging merely convinced voters that neither candidate was worth voting for>
Synonyms character assassination, mudslinging
Related Words defamation, libel, maligning, slander, smearing, vilification; belittlement, detraction, disparagement; abuse, invective, vituperation; censure, denunciation, revilement; aspersion, innuendo
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