Search Result for "character_assassination":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation;
[syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

character assassination n 1: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "character assassination": attack, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blackening, calumny, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, depreciation, dirt, dirty politics, disparagement, gossip column, juicy morsel, last-minute lie, malicious defamation, malicious gossip, muckraking, mudslinging, mudslinging campaign, name-calling, political canard, revilement, roorback, scandal, scandalmongering, slander, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tidbit, vilification, whispering campaign