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121disgrace — n 1. dishonor, shame, degradation, scandal, debasement, vitiation, ill repute, reproach, inglo riousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation. 2. slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander, libel, vilification,… …
122grime — n 1. dirt, filth, squalor; smudge, stain, tarnish, rust; mud, muck, mire; slime, scum, Sl. crud, Inf. gook, Sl. yuk; dust, soot. v 2. soil, dirty, blacken, tarnish, begrime; sully, befoul, defile, contaminate; spatter, muddy, bemire, blotch,… …
123libel — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation, scandal, yellow journalism, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace,… …
124reproach — v 1. find fault with, blame, censure, reprehend, criticize; reprove, rebuke, scold, upbraid, call to account, reprimand. See reprimand(def. 2). 2. shame, discredit, dishonor, degrade, abase, debase, vitiate; scandalize, sully, blacken, smirch,… …
125rust — n 1. oxidation, patination, corrosion; patina, verdigris, aerugo; tarnish, stain, film, incrustation. v 2. oxidize, corrode, erode, wear away; film over, tarnish. 3. deteriorate, go to pot, go to seed, go stale, go downhill, degenerate, decline;… …
126shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …
127slander — 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,… …
128spot — n 1. mark, dot, point, speck, speckle, fleck, flyspeck, mote, moit, particle; dab, daub, maculation, smudge, smirch, smutch, blur; defect, fault, defacement, disfigurement; patch, blotch, splotch, dapple, mottle, discoloration, birthmark, nevus;… …
