Malignity and Smearing

Malignity

Malignity noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Smearing and malignity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smearing" instead a noun "Malignity".

Nearby Words: malign, malignancy, malignly

Smearing

Smearing noun - The making of false statements that damage another's reputation.
Usage example: this smearing has got to stop, or the voters will conclude that there's absolutely no one worth voting for

Malignity and smearing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malignity" instead a noun "Smearing".

Nearby Words: smear, smeared, smeary
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