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61malediction — n 1. curse, imprecation, damning, damnation, execration, Archaic. malison, anathema; incantation, Sl. whammy, voodoo, hoodoo; commination, threat; giving the finger, thumbing one s nose. 2. slander, libel, defamation, traducement, calumny,… …
62obloquy — n 1. discredit, disrepute, disfavor, disesteem, loss of face, downfall, fall; detraction, derogation, degradation, devaluation, depreciation, disparagement, belittlement, deprecation; shame, disgrace, dishonor, scandal, ignominy, infamy, odium,… …
63philippic — n diatribe, invective, tirade, screed, jeremiad, stream of abuse, bitter harangue, verbal onslaught; vituperation, revilement, curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, anathematization, denunciation, commination, condemnation, censure;… …
64prevarication — n 1. lie, falsehood, untruth, fib, white lie, little white lie, quibble, overrefinement, Inf. taradiddle; equivocation, evasion, shuffling; pettifoggery, hairsplitting, caviling; fencing, evasiveness, elu siveness; chicanery, pretense, artfulness …
65reprimand — n 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking to, lecture,… …
66revilement — n 1. vituperation, assailment, abuse, attack, belaboring; curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, anathematization; invective, railing, fulmination, upbraiding, objurgation, contumely, berating, scolding, tongue lashing; censure, reproach,… …
67scandal — n 1. misdoing, evildoing, wrongdoing, transgression, malefaction, violation, crime, sin, offense, atrocity, delinquency, dereliction, disgraceful action, outrageous or flagrant misconduct or misbehavior, evil behavior, blameworthy action;… …
68scolding — n reprimand, chiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, castigation; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the wrists; talking to, lecture, admonishment,… …
69slander — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation; scandal, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute,… …
70backbiting — [n] hateful talk abuse, aspersion, backstabbing*, belittlement, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, defamation, denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, gossip, invective, lie, malice, obloquy, scandal, slander, spite, spitefulness,… …
