mud
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7.4
- noun
- /mʌd/
:
calumnia
- It will serve you to focus on one aspect and solve that one issue instead of going all over the place and dragging the other person through the mud of the past.
- sling mud
Names like Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell were tossed in the mud with spit.
- Names like Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell were tossed in the mud with spit.
- It also means that you may not get into the mud with them and you don't take the bait.
- And what they do, they throw mud at every other.
- He's a total treasonous pig and his name will be mud forever.
- So he's already had mud thrown all over him and he's survived and continue to thrive.
Examples
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When people start slinging mud at each other, they get a warning... then they're gone.
Blog text (1) -
You dragged my name through the mud.
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But our name will be mud unless we get out of here now!
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It's my name being dragged through the mud!
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They wanted to throw so much mud at me that just some of it stuck.
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But not after their good names were run through the mud and their reputations ruined.
Blog text (4) -
I just wish that there was no need for the continued mud-slinging and all the negativity.
Blog text (18) -
If you want to make yourself feel better, you tear other people down and you throw mud and you spend time on social media biting ankles.
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What can anonymous commenters do, other than sling mud with impunity?
Academic text (2016) -
He tried to drag her name through the mud by spreading false rumors.
Synonyms
54
7.4
An insulting remark that harms someone's reputation
49
5.7
A false or unfair statement meant to hurt someone's reputation
44
6.6
A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation
40
7.1
To harm someone's reputation by saying untrue things about them in public
15
7.3
Hurts someone's reputation on purpose by spreading false or harmful stories
11
9.8
A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation
9
4.8
Making unfair personal attacks to damage someone's reputation in politics
6
8.4
Saying or writing very harsh and unfair things about someone to damage their reputation
5
8.4
A written or spoken attack that unfairly hurts someone's reputation
5
6.6
A remark that makes someone feel small or embarrassed
5
8.4
Unfair criticism that makes someone or their work seem bad
3
8.1
Talking about someone in a way that shows dislike and makes them seem unimportant
1
8.6
A remark or action that unfairly harms someone's reputation
A word used to hurt someone's reputation unfairly
An attempt to damage someone's reputation by making false claims
A rude remark that criticizes or insults someone
Idioms
- Informal
3
6.3
Unable to move forward because of a physical problem or other difficulty
- Informal
Someone people blame or dislike after they do something others do not like
Compounds
2
4.1
A flat area of mud near the coast that is underwater at high tide and dry at low tide
- Specialized
1
6.0
A thick liquid used in drilling to cool the drill, remove rock pieces and support the hole
- Specialized
1
9.9
A wooden beam lying across the base of a wall that rests on the ground or foundation
- US
A water plant that grows in shallow water with grass-like leaves and small yellow star-shaped flowers
How Damaging
- Literature
15
7.3
- Formal
40
7.1
55
7.4
49
5.7
- Offensive
313
1.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mud in the sense of 'slander' comes from the image of 'throwing mud' at someone — like covering them with dirty earth — and that picture was used for saying harmful things. That's why mud here means words that try to 'dirty' a person's reputation.