MUCKRAKING

Meaning of MUCKRAKING in English

noun

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a muckraking , gossipy magazine

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A war of words continued for months, the defeated candidates complaining of unfair muckraking .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary. Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5. 2012

MUCKRAKING — I. adjective Etymology: from present participle of muckrake (I) : marked by preoccupation with or inclination toward muckraking had grown …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUCKRAKING — defamation, slander, libel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MUCKRAKING — add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of muckrake.
Webster English vocab
MUCKRAKING — ■ noun the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people. Derivatives muckrake verb muckraker noun Origin coined …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MUCKRAKING — / ˈmʌkreɪkɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( informal , disapproving ) the activity of looking for information about …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUCKRAKING — muck ‧ rak ‧ ing /ˈmʌk-reɪkɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUCKRAKING — see muck-raking
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUCKRAKING — see muck-raking
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUCKRAKING — Synonyms and related words : attack, blackening, character assassination, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, dirty politics, last-minute lie, malicious …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STEFFENS, (JOSEPH) LINCOLN — born April 6, 1866, San Francisco, Calif., U.S. died Aug. 9, 1936, Carmel, Calif. U.S. journalist and reformer. He worked …
Английский словарь Британика
SINCLAIR, UPTON (BEALL) — born Sept. 20, 1878, Baltimore, Md., U.S. died Nov. 25, 1968, Bound Brook, N.J. U.S. novelist. He was supporting himself …
Английский словарь Британика
PEARSON, DREW — orig. Andrew Russell born Dec. 3, 1897, Evanston, Ill., U.S. died Sept. 1, 1969, Rockville, Md. U.S. newspaper columnist. Pearson …
Английский словарь Британика
MUCKRAKER — Any of a group of U.S. writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé literature. The term, first used …
Английский словарь Британика
SNIDE — I. ˈsnīd adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : counterfeit , spurious some contractors use snide oils …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUCKRAKE — I. ˈməkˌrāk verb Etymology: from obsolete English muckrake, n., rake for gathering dung into a heap, from muck (I) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUCKRAKER — -kə(r) noun : one marked by or given to muckraking had no patience with muckrakers
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COARSE — ˈkō(ə)rs, -ȯ(ə)rs, -ōəs, -ȯ(ə)s adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English cors, corse common, from cors, corse, n., customary sequence …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUCKRAKE — — muckraker , n. /muk"rayk'/ , v.i. , muckraked, muckraking . to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUBLIC RELATIONS — byname Pr, aspect of communications involving the relations between an entity subject to or seeking public attention and the various …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUCKRAKER — any of a group of American writers, identified with pre-World War I reform and expos literature. The muckrakers provided detailed, …
Britannica English vocabulary
TARBELL, IDA M. — born Nov. 5, 1857, Erie county, Pa., U.S. died Jan. 6, 1944, Bridgeport, Conn. in full Ida Minerva Tarbell investigative …
Britannica English vocabulary
LLOYD, HENRY DEMAREST — born May 1, 1847, New York City died Sept. 28, 1903, Chicago U.S. journalist whose exposs of the abuses of …
Britannica English vocabulary
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL — American monthly magazine, one of the longest-running in the country and long the trendsetter among women's magazines. It was founded …
Britannica English vocabulary
CATHER, WILLA — born Dec. 7, 1873, near Winchester, Va., U.S. died April 24, 1947, New York, N.Y. in full Wilella Sibert Cather …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUCKRAKER — See main entry: ↑ muckraking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUCKRAKE — v.intr. search out and reveal scandal, esp. among famous people. øømuckraker n. muckraking n.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUCKRAKE — v.intr. search out and reveal scandal, esp. among famous people. muckraker n. muckraking n.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUCKRAKE — v.intr. search out and reveal scandal, esp. among famous people. Derivatives: muckraker n. muckraking n.
Oxford English vocab
MUCK-RAKING — also muckraking If you accuse someone of muck-raking , you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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