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61abuse — v 1. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate; wrong, aggrieve, Inf. shaft, Inf. give [s.o.] the shaft, disrespect, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty, Sl. kick [s.o.] around; profane, pervert, prostitute; exploit, impose upon, take advantage of, walk all… …
62affront — n 1. insult, slight, slur, dig, barb, Sl. put down; abuse, contumely, contempt, disdain, scorn; derision, ridicule, mockery; vilification, impugnment, traducement, aspersion, calumniation, calumny, obloquy; maligning, defamation, denigration,… …
63asperse — v 1. slander, libel, traduce, calumniate, falsify, accuse falsely, misrepresent, belie, impute, insinuate; injure, abuse, assail, stab, insult, backbite, Sl. badmouth, cast aspersions, attack; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch, besmirch, soil,… …
64assail — v 1. attack, assault, raid, storm, charge; rush, blitz, blitzkrieg, set upon, descend upon, spring upon, pounce upon, begin hostilities, Sl. zap, Sl. jump, Archaic. insult; pelt, bombard, pepper, strafe, open fire upon; beset, besiege, importune …
65attack — v 1. assault, raid, storm, charge, rush, blitz, blitzkrieg; set upon, pounce upon, descend upon, fall on, open fire.upon, begin hostilities; light into, Inf. lace into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into, Sl. zap, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into …
66berate — v 1. scold, chide, tongue lash, rate, harangue, rant, curse, execrate, imprecate, anathematize; upbraid, objurgate, excoriate, lambaste, flay, fulminate against; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, criticize, reproach, rebuke, reprove, Inf.… …
67blacken — v 1. charcoal, blackwash, ink, cork; smudge, soot, smoke, begrime, Brit. Dial. colly; darken, obscure, obfuscate, dim; eclipse, black out; shade, shadow. 2. slander, libel, calumniate, impute, asperse, traduce, falsify; injure, abuse, assail,… …
68blaspheme — v 1. curse, execrate, damn, imprecate, anathematize, Archaic. ban, swear, U.S. Inf. cuss; profane, desecrate; denounce, excoriate, cry down, reproach, fulminate; criticize, censure, animadvert, Sl 2. abuse, revile, vituperate, oppugn, assail,… …
69calumniate — v 1. slander, libel, impute, asperse, insinuate, traduce, falsify, accuse falsely, misrepresent, belie; injure, abuse, assail, stab, insult, backbite, Sl. badmouth, engage in personalities; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch, besmirch, soil,… …
70defame — v 1. denigrate, vituperate, vilify, vilipend, scandalize, run down, berate, revile, malign, impugn, criticize, pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, cut up, shred, give a bad name, speak ill of, speak evil of, gibbet, hold up to scorn, sneer… …
