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See definition of dirty laundry on Dictionary.com
  • as indefamation
  • as ingossip
  • as inscuttlebutt
  • as intalebearing

synonyms for dirty laundry

  • denigration
  • disparagement
  • aspersion
  • calumny
  • depreciation
  • detraction
  • dirt
  • dump
  • dynamite
  • hit
  • knock
  • lie
  • mud
  • obloquy
  • opprobrium
  • scorcher
  • slam
  • slime
  • slur
  • smear
  • tale
  • traducement
  • vilification
  • backbiting
  • backstabbing
  • belittlement
  • black eye
  • character assassination
  • cheap shot
  • low-down dirty
  • slap in face
On this page you'll find 133 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dirty laundry, such as: denigration, disparagement, aspersion, calumny, depreciation, and detraction.

antonyms for dirty laundry

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  • compliment
  • flattery
  • praise
  • approval
  • commendation
  • exaltation
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    How to use dirty laundry in a sentence

    I'd have enjoyed punching his proud head, for all that; it was a dirty way to serve a man who had done his level best.
    RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
    Shopkeepers not only occupied both sides of the crowded streets, but half their wares were exposed in and over the dirty gutters.
    OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
    And in the incredibly small and incredibly dirty fastness of the stationmaster, they indeed found a Bradshaw.
    HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
    What if his father insisted upon his going to London, and doing any other dirty work which these fellows chose to put upon him?
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    This water, although of a dirty and thick appearance, is said to possess the valuable quality of resisting putridity for years.
    A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
    To me the national affectation of piety and holiness resembles a white shirt put on over a dirty skin.
    GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
    The dirty old black hand clasped the tender little white one, which nestled into it gratefully.
    A LOST HEROELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD AND HERBERT D. WARD
    Edna found her friend engaged in assorting the clothes which had returned that morning from the laundry.
    THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
    It was thrown by a very dirty lamp, and disclosed a small court of unutterable meanness and inconceivable smells.
    THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNE
    But the knife and the thin, dirty fingers of the killer did not permit his body to alter its position.
    HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
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