The campaign degenerated into mutual mudslinging, each candidate trying to tarnish the others repuation and looking bad in the process.
The mudslinging didnt help expand the media coverage of the issues; all that was reported was the mudslingings.
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mudslinging — [n] smear campaign character assassination, defamation, dirty politics, dragging one’s name through the mud, negative campaign, slander; concept 54 … New thesaurus
mudslinging — [mud′sliŋ΄iŋ] n. the practice of making unscrupulous, malicious attacks against an opponent, as in a political campaign mudslinger n … English World dictionary
mudslinging — /ˈmʌdslɪŋɪŋ/ (say mudslinging) noun the act of discrediting an opponent, especially one in public office, by hurling abusive accusations at them: *Good Lord, we should surely be past that kind of mudslinging. –rodney hall, 1987. –mudslinger, noun …
mudslinging — Synonyms and related words: attack, blackening, character assassination, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, dirty politics, last minute lie, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging campaign, name calling,… … Moby Thesaurus
mudslinging — mud|sling|ing [ˈmʌdslıŋıŋ] n [U] when someone says bad and often untrue things about someone in order to make other people have a low opinion of them ▪ There has been a lot of political mudslinging in the battle for votes. >mudslinger n … Dictionary of contemporary English
mudslinging — noun (U) the practice of saying bad and often untrue things about someone in order to make other people have a low opinion of them: There has been a lot of political mudslinging in the battle for votes. mudslinger noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mudslinging — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the use of offensive epithets and invective against an individual especially during a political campaign acrimonious debate and mudslinging American Guide Series: Ind … Useful english dictionary
mudslinging — noun see mudslinger … New Collegiate Dictionary
mudslinging — mudslinger, n. /mud sling ing/, n. an attempt to discredit one s competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks. [1880 85; MUD + SLINGING] * * * … Universalium
mudslinging — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. smear campaign, slander, defamation, scandalizing, libeling, name calling, dragging one s name through the mud, *political parry and jab. ANT.: compliment, praise, tribute II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An attempt… … English dictionary for students
