crapstain on reputation
- noun
- /kræpsteɪn ɒn ˌrɛpjuˈteɪʃən/
- Offensive
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mancha de mierda en la reputación
- The scandal was a crapstain on reputation that he could never erase.
Examples
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False accusations can leave a crapstain on reputation, regardless of the truth.
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Even years later, that incident remained a crapstain on reputation for the company.
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What a crapstain on reputation!
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This is a crapstain on reputation!
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Even years later, that incident remained a crapstain on reputation for the company.
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False accusations can leave a crapstain on reputation, regardless of the truth.
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The scandal was a crapstain on reputation that he could never erase.
Synonyms
49
5.7
A false or unfair statement meant to hurt someone's reputation
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6.8
A mark on someone's reputation that makes others respect them less
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9.8
A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation
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4.7
An event that hurts how people see someone
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8.4
A written or spoken attack that unfairly hurts someone's reputation
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7.5
A condition where people think badly of someone
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9.9
A rude word for a lasting mark that hurts someone's reputation
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9.9
A mark that harms a person's reputation
A single event that harms a person or group's good reputation
Damage to a person's good name by saying untrue things
An action that makes someone look bad
An attempt to damage someone's reputation by making false claims
A word used to hurt someone's reputation unfairly
An insult that harms someone's reputation or dignity
Antonyms
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Morphology
crapstain + on + reputation
The phrase is transparently built from 'crap' (vulgar negative term) + 'stain' (a mark) + 'on reputation' (indicating what is marked), so a learner who knows these words can infer a strongly negative mark damaging someone's reputation. Although 'crapstain' is nonstandard and vulgar, its meaning is compositional and predictable from the constituents and common 'stain on reputation' metaphors.
Etymology
Crapstain on reputation uses the image of a crap, a rude word for 'poo', leaving a stain on clothes that is very hard to wash out. So it means an event or mark that badly damages someone's reputation and is hard to remove.