dragged name through mud (verb) libel: purposefully lie about someone
Detalii: libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement'slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation
Sinonime: animus,
attack, avenging, avengment, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, eye for an eye,
fight, getting even, ill will, implacability,
malevolence, measure for measure,
rancor, repayment,
reprisal, requital,
retribution,
return, ruthlessness,
satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, tit for tat,
vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness
Antonime: forgiveness,
pardon,
sympathy