| calumny | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. |
| ~ derogation, disparagement, depreciation | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ assassination, blackwash, character assassination | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation. |
| ~ malignment, smear, vilification | slanderous defamation. |
| ~ libel | a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person. |
| ~ slander | words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another. |
| ~ name calling, names | verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument.; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" |
| ~ epithet, name | a defamatory or abusive word or phrase. |
| n. (act) | 2. aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, slander | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name. |
| ~ attack | strong criticism.; "he published an unexpected attack on my work" |
| ridicule | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ridicule | language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate. |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| n. (act) | 2. derision, ridicule | the act of deriding or treating with contempt. |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing.; "they made a mock of him" |
| v. (communication) | 3. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ lampoon, satirise, satirize | ridicule with satire.; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" |
| ~ debunk, expose | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" |
| ~ stultify | cause to appear foolish.; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" |
| embarrass | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| v. (social) | 2. block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
| ~ stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion.; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
| ~ check | block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. |
| ~ hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
| ~ bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" |
| put off | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| ~ reschedule | assign a new time and place for an event.; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment" |
| ~ call off, cancel, scrub, scratch | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.; "call a football game" |
| ~ hold | stop dealing with.; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" |
| ~ suspend | render temporarily ineffective.; "the prison sentence was suspended" |
| ~ probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. |
| ~ reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. put off, turn off | cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. |
| ~ repel, repulse | be repellent to; cause aversion in. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. dishearten, put off | take away the enthusiasm of. |
| ~ discourage | deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ fluster | cause to be nervous or upset. |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ distract, deflect | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| v. (communication) | 5. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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