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121slam — v 1. shut forcefully, close noisily; heave, hurl, fling. 2. smash, shatter, dash, crash, Brit. Dial. pash; strike, smack, beat, batter, hit, ram, smite; bang, clap, slap, Inf. swat, thwack, whack. 3.Informal. criticize, attack, flay, light into,… …
122slander — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation; scandal, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute,… …
123slur — v 1. slight, gloss over, minimize; omit, miss, give a miss, fail to mention; overlook, pass over, skip, jump; ignore, disregard, dismiss, pay no attention to. 2. garble, drawl, elide; mumble, lisp, sputter. 3. calumniate, slander, libel, traduce …
124sneer — v 1. fleer, look askance; smirk, snicker, curl one s lip. 2. scoff, gibe, mock, jeer, twit, taunt, hoot, laugh in [s.o. s] face, Sl. knock, Sl. dig; scorn, hold up to scorn, revile, ridicule, deride, contemn, hold in contempt, despise; snort,… …
125taunt — v 1. reproach, censure, unbraid, rebuke, berate, Sl. rank out. 2. twit, jeer, sneer, fleer, gibe, chaff, rally, Inf. roast, pluck [s.o.] by the beard, Inf. dig, Sl. razz; mock, flaunt, poke fun at, make fun of, call names; lampoon, burlesque,… …
126twit — v 1. taunt, tweak, gibe, chaff, rally, pluck by the beard, Inf. roast, Inf. dig, Sl. razz, Sl. rag; mock, make fun of, poke fun at, call [s.o.] names; lampoon, burlesque, satirize; ridicule, deride, revile, contemn, scorn, hold up to scorn; tease …
127vituperation — n 1. castigation, chastisement, scolding, chiding, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, reprimand, admonition, lecture, expostulation, Chiefly Brit. Inf. jobation, slap in the face, Inf. rap on the knuckles; philippic, diatribe, tirade; defamation,… …
128abuse — [n1] wrong use corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 156… …
