to have a bad opinion of sb
51drag someone's name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes …
52drag name through the mire — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes …
53drag name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes …
54defamation — UK [ˌdefəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] legal the offence of writing or saying something bad about someone that is not true and makes people have a bad opinion of them …
55defame — UK [dɪˈfeɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms defame : present tense I/you/we/they defame he/she/it defames present participle defaming past tense defamed past participle defamed formal to say or write something bad about someone that is not… …
56hold against — (informal) To remember as a failing or as a misdemeanour on the part of • • • Main Entry: ↑hold * * * ˌhold a ˈgainst [transitive] usually in negatives [present tense I/you/we/they hold against …
57blacken — black|en [ˈblækən] v 1.) [I and T] to become black, or make something black ▪ The thunder became louder and the sky blackened. 2.) blacken sb s name/character/reputation to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a… …
58demolition job — demo lition .job n 1.) an act of criticizing someone severely or telling other people things about them which may be unfair or untrue, in order to harm them or to cause people to have a bad opinion of them ▪ He accused opposition leaders of doing …
59libel — li|bel1 [ˈlaıbəl] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin libellus, from liber; LIBRARY] when someone writes or prints untrue statements about someone so that other people could have a bad opinion of them →↑slander for libel ▪… …
60libellous — li|bel|lous BrE libelous AmE [ˈlaıbələs] adj containing untrue written statements about someone which could make other people have a bad opinion of them →↑slanderous ▪ libellous gossip …
