Synonyms of mudslinger

mudslinger

noun

ˈməd-ˌsliŋ-ər 

as in attack dog

one who makes harsh, personal attacks against opponents

a local hot-button issue that has turned some normally mild-mannered neighbors into letter-writing mudslingers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack dog
• polemicist
• shark
• polemist
• hired gun
• hatchet man
• barracuda
• hit man

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mudslinger

Social media platforms were a critical battleground during the campaign, with political mudslingers waging cyberwar with few legal constraints after the government failed to act on calls for a new law to protect democracy in the internet age. — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019

In 2010, when the group launched ahead of Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Brock had imposed a set of self-regulations on the staff that would cultivate an air of respectability for the mudslingers. — Gabriel Debenedetti, Daily Intelligencer, 20 May 2018

If that lady is a 101-year-old movie legend, any would-be mudslingers best take care, her attorney said this week. — Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com, 2 Sep. 2017

He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami. — Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017