whispering campaignnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈwɪs.pə.rɪŋ kæmˌpeɪn/us/ˈwɪs.pɚ.ɪŋ kæmˌpeɪn/disapprovingthe intentional damaging of an important person's reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that may not be true
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Damaging reputation
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- blot your copybook idiom
- calumniate
- dog
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn
- mud
- poison
- scurrilous
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander
- stab
- stain
- sully
- taint
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