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21give a dog a bad name — A person who is generally known to have been guilty of some offence will always be suspected to be the author of all similar types of offence. Once someone has gained a bad reputation, it is very difficult to lose it …
22give a bad name — index defame, denigrate, pillory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
23bad character — I noun bad name, bad reputation, bad repute, baseness, discredit, discreditableness, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, dishonorableness, disreputability, disrepute, ignobility, ignominy, ill favor, ill repute, infamy, lowness,… …
24bad repute — I noun abasement, abjection, abjectness, abomination, allegation, amoralism, amorality, animadversion, antagonism, aspersion, attaint, bad character, bad influence, bad name, betrayal, calumniation, calumny, castigation, censoriousness, censure,… …
25name-call|ing — «NAYM K lihng», noun. the act of giving a bad name to; an attacking the name of; defamation: »Name calling giving an idea a bad label is used to make us reject and condemn the idea without examining the evidence (Ogburn and Nimkoff) …
26name — UK US /neɪm/ noun [C] ► a well known and successful company, person, or product: a big/famous name »Some big names in the technology sector were hardest hit. ► the reputation of a company, person, or product: good/bad name »It is hard to put a… …
27name is mud — name is bad, name is not respected If you don t pay for the support of your child, your name is mud …
28bad reputation — bad name, fame for negative reasons …
29give a dog a bad name — British used for saying that once someone has a bad reputation, people will blame them for everything …
30bad — bad1 W1S1 [bæd] adj comparative worse [wə:s US wə:rs] superlative worst [wə:st US wə:rst] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not good)¦ 2¦(low quality)¦ 3¦(not sensible)¦ 4¦(morally wrong)¦ 5¦(wrong behaviour)¦ 6¦(serious)¦ 7 a bad time/moment etc …
