Thesaurus / muckraking
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synonyms for muckraking
- dirty pool
- dirty tricks
- hatchet job
- mudslinging
- smear
- smear campaign
- ad hominem
- dirty politics
- name-calling
- personal attack
- slanderous attack
- harm
- aspersion
- denigration
- slam
- scandal
- hit
- vilification
- obloquy
- lie
- defamation
- revilement
- damage
- injustice
- libel
- calumny
- injury
- deprecation
- insinuation
- derogation
- minimization
- disesteem
- hurt
- wrong
- abuse
- traducement
- disparagement
- knock
- scurrility
- innuendo
- ridicule
- tale
- vituperation
- backbiting
- pejorative
- smear campaign
- belittlement
- scandalmongering
- backstabbing
- running down
- traducing
- search
- inspect
- consider
- explore
- study
- probe
- question
- scrutinize
- interrogate
- examine
- review
- prospect
- spy
- scout
- tap
- frisk
- inquire
- dig
- research
- read
- sift
- poke
- reconnoiter
- case
- delve
- pry
- bug
- check out
- go into
- look into
- run down
- eyeball
- muckrake
- wiretap
- be all ears
- check over
- check up
- feel out
- give the once over
- inquisite
- listen in
- look over
- look-see
- make inquiry
- nose around
- put to the test
- stake out
- sully
- defile
- disparage
- scandalize
- tarnish
- smear
- belittle
- denigrate
- malign
- defame
- libel
- vilify
- besmirch
- smirch
- strumpet
- asperse
- slam
- blaspheme
- curse
- traduce
- injure
- dishonor
- damage
- attack
- backbite
- pan
- derogate
- hit
- slur
- plaster
- hurt
- blot
- detract
- sneer
- assail
- blister
- revile
- decry
- belie
- depreciate
- roast
- calumniate
- scorch
- bad-mouth
- tear down
- muckrake
- blacken name
- cast a slur on
- give a bad name
- run smear campaign
- sling mud
- stump
- lobby
- barnstorm
- run
- contest
- tour
- agitate
- crusade
- canvass
- stand for
- politick
- electioneer
- muckrake
- mend fences
- press the flesh
- contend for
- go to grass roots
- hit the trail
- mudsling
- ring doorbells
- run for
- shake hands and kiss babies
- solicit votes
- whistle-stop
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antonyms for muckraking
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- right
- help
- approval
- kindness
- good
- blessing
- benefit
- adulation
- admiration
- aid
- favor
- commendation
- praise
- flattery
- compliment
- advantage
- glorify
- help
- fix
- cure
- flatter
- commend
- approve
- exalt
- increase
- mend
- heal
- assist
- aid
- praise
- laud
- compliment
- honor
- clean
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How to use muckraking in a sentence
Muckraking was just beginning in those days, and a prying reformer came to live for a while at the Greasy Spoon.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVISMuckraking began with the exposure of vice; men like Heney, Lindsey, Folk founded their reputations on the fight against it.
A PREFACE TO POLITICSWALTER LIPPMANNOne, however, was sent to the Eastern magazine which had dispatched our muckraking hero to the Golden Gate.
THE NATIVE SONINEZ HAYNES IRWINThe time had come, he added, to stop "muckraking" and proceed to the constructive work of removing the abuses that had grown up.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESCHARLES A. BEARD AND MARY R. BEARDThen it went daffy over the muckraking magazine exposures, and threw out all the proprietary copy.
THE CLARIONSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMSIt needn't be a muckraking paper, need it, forever smelling out something rotten, and exploiting it in big headlines?
THE CLARIONSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMSI don't believe young Mr. Surtaine will have enough money left to indulge in the luxury of muckraking, after that.
THE CLARIONSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMSI am glad to say muckraking is not so profitable now and it has been greatly reduced in volume.
ETHICS IN SERVICEWILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe muckraking added to it aroused a spirit against all success in business, whether the methods pursued were honest or not.
ETHICS IN SERVICEWILLIAM HOWARD TAFTI wish I'd had all the facts about who this red-haired female Machiavelli was—what a piece of muckraking it would have made!
THE SILENT BULLETARTHUR B. REEVEWORDS RELATED TO MUCKRAKING
- abuse
- aspersion
- backbiting
- backstabbing
- belittlement
- calumny
- damage
- defamation
- denigration
- deprecation
- derogation
- disesteem
- disparagement
- harm
- hit
- hurt
- injury
- injustice
- innuendo
- insinuation
- knock
- libel
- lie
- minimization
- muckraking
- obloquy
- pejorative
- revilement
- ridicule
- running down
- scandal
- scandalmongering
- scurrility
- slam
- smear campaign
- tale
- traducement
- traducing
- vilification
- vituperation
- wrong
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.