to have a bad opinion of sb
61paranoia — par|a|noi|a [ˌpærəˈnɔıə] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: mental illness , from para ( PARA ) + nous mind ] 1.) an unreasonable belief that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of you… …
62paranoid — par|a|noid [ˈpærənɔıd] adj 1.) believing unreasonably that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of you be/become/get paranoid ▪ Malcolm got really paranoid, deciding that there was a conspiracy… …
63whispering campaign — whispering cam.paign n a situation in which someone privately spreads criticism about another person in order to make people have a bad opinion of them …
64defamatory — de|fam|a|to|ry [ dı fæmə,tɔri ] adjective FORMAL defamatory remarks make people have a bad opinion of someone and are not true …
65derogatory — de|rog|a|to|ry [ dı ragə,tɔri ] adjective showing that you have a bad opinion of something or someone, usually in an insulting way: a derogatory remark …
66think little of — think badly of , have a bad opinion of …
67hold (something) against (someone) — to have a bad opinion about someone because of something they did. I understand that your car isn t working, but please don t hold it against me personally – I didn t build your car …
68badly — adverb comparative worsesuperlative worst 1 in an unsatisfactory or unsuccessful way: The company has been very badly managed. | Pearce played pretty badly in yesterday s semi final. | badly made furniture | do badly (=not be successful): Rob did …
69blacken — verb 1 (I, T) to become black, or make something black: Smoke had blackened the ceiling of the room. 2 blacken sb s name/character/reputation etc to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a bad opinion of them …
70libel — 1 noun (C, U) an act of writing or printing untrue statements about someone so that other people are likely to have a bad opinion of them: Holt sued the newspaper for libel. | a libel action (=a court case against someone for libel) compare… …
