character assassination Synonyms

blackwash vilification smear campaign assassination hit job demonization muckraking whispering campaign malicious gossip dirty pool hatchet job dirty linen mudslinging personal attack negative campaigning injury of reputation negative campaign malicious defamation slanderous attack assassinations malicious statement false report false accusation scandalmongering traducement smear slur demonizing defaming defamation calumny calumnies calumniation abuse blackening backbiting aspersion denigration derogation slander scandal roorback revilement opprobrium obloquy libel insult disparagement detraction ad hominem