mudslinger en · NOUN
Etymology
From mud + slinger.
Meanings
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One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
Yet, even while modern mudslinging has grown more rampant […] the phenomenon is hardly new.
2008, Kerwin C. Swint, Mudslingers, Union Square Press.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mudslingers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
fi loanheittäjä (one who casts aspersions) · de Verleumderin (one who casts aspersions) · ru клеветни́к (one who casts aspersions) · de Verleumder (one who casts aspersions) · de Dreckschleuder (one who casts aspersions) · cmn 誹謗者 /诽谤者 (one who casts aspersions) · it infangatore (one who casts aspersions) · ru клеветни́ца (one who casts aspersions) · ru злопыха́тель (one who casts aspersions) · cmn 誣衊者 /诬蔑者 (one who casts aspersions) · ru злопыха́тельница (one who casts aspersions) · fr insulteur (one who casts aspersions) · el λασπολόγος (one who casts aspersions) · de Dreckschleuderin (one who casts aspersions)