Meanings
nounmudslinger (plural mudslingers)
plural mudslingers
- One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
Yet, even while modern mudslinging has grown more rampant […] the phenomenon is hardly new.
2008, Kerwin C. Swint, Mudslingers, Union Square Press.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 誣衊者 /诬蔑者, 誹謗者 /诽谤者
- 誣衊者 /诬蔑者 (wúmièzhě)one who casts aspersions
- 誹謗者 /诽谤者 (fěibàngzhě)one who casts aspersions
Finnish loanheittäjä
- loanheittäjäone who casts aspersions
French insulteur
- insulteurone who casts aspersions
German Verleumder, Verleumderin
- Verleumderone who casts aspersions
- Verleumderinone who casts aspersions
- Dreckschleuderone who casts aspersions
- Dreckschleuderinone who casts aspersions
Greek λασπολόγος
- λασπολόγος (laspológos)one who casts aspersions
Italian infangatore
- infangatoreone who casts aspersions
Russian клеветни́к, клеветни́ца
- клеветни́к (klevetník)one who casts aspersions
- клеветни́ца (klevetníca)one who casts aspersions
- злопыха́тель (zlopyxátelʹ)one who casts aspersions
- злопыха́тельница (zlopyxátelʹnica)one who casts aspersions
Cite this entry
APA
mudslinger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudslinger
MLA
“mudslinger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudslinger. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mudslinger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudslinger.
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