denigration Synonyms

deprecation aspersion slander defamation belittling calumny traducement vilification vituperation traducing tabooing smear slur slandering detraction scorn scandal running down dirty laundry slap in face low-down dirty malicious statement scorcher scandalmongering mudslinging belittlement muckraking marginalization malicious gossip character assassination ridicule revilement opprobrium defaming decrial criticism contumely contempt condemnation censure calumniation backbiting attack denouncement denunciation depreciation obloquy minimization libelled libel