25B6; plural noun VILIFICATION, disparagement, denigration, defamation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, slander, libel, calumny; slurs, smears, insults, slights; informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing; Brit. informal slagging off; formal castigation.
25A0; cast aspersions on VILIFY, disparage, denigrate, defame, run down, impugn, belittle, criticize, condemn, decry, denounce, pillory; malign, slander, libel, discredit; informal pull apart, throw mud at, knock, bad-mouth; Brit. informal rubbish, slate, slag off.