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• (disagree)- the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame,<br />

( , ); Ismael was dismissed in disgrace, and ordered off to<br />

Constantinople, not even being allowed to pack up his furniture. — The<br />

Autobiography of a Journalist;<br />

• (discredit)- to injure the credit or reputation of; defame, ( ;<br />

); But his reign was ever destined to failure and discredit, and after the<br />

murder of Prince Arthur, which is said to have taken place within the — The<br />

Story of Rouen;<br />

smirch {daub = blot = smudge}<br />

• (daub)- to smear, soil, or defile, ( ; ); One day<br />

he daubed her dress with ink because be did not like it, and wanted her to<br />

put on another. — The Memoirs of Napoleon;<br />

• (blot)- a spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance; I have attempted<br />

to blot their names from my memory, and, I confess it, spent whole days in<br />

efforts to tear their image from my heart. — Oliver Goldsmith;<br />

• (smudge)- to make dirty; He took a pen from his pocket and scribbed back<br />

and forth on the tie until thesmudge was obscured. — Hard News;<br />

calumniate culminate<br />

• (culminate)- to reach the highest point or degree; climax; Handel's triumph<br />

was now about to culminate in a serene and acknowledged preeminence. —<br />

The Great German Composers;<br />

malign = traduce = badmouth<br />

• (malign)- evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious, ( , ,<br />

);<br />

• to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame, (<br />

);A multi-faceted media campaign is underway to malign, and<br />

demoralize the nation, and dehumanize sections of the Pakistani population.<br />

— Bloggers.Pakistan;<br />

• (malignant) - very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect, ( ;<br />

); The woman she hated had a right to regard her as spiteful<br />

and malignant, and for this she hated her more than ever. — The Bride of the<br />

Nile — Volume 10;<br />

• (traduce)- to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame, (<br />

); O Believers! avoid frequent suspicions, for some suspicions are a<br />

crime; and pry not: neither let the one of you traduce another in his absence.<br />

— The Koran (Al-Qur'an);<br />

• (badmouth)- to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage; The

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