compromisingadjective
uk/ˈkɒm.prə.maɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈkɑːm.prə.maɪ.zɪŋ/causing damage to the reputation of someone, especially making known that they have had a sexual relationship with someone who is considered unsuitable:
Photographs were published of her in a compromising position/situation with her bodyguard.
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Damaging reputation
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- blot your copybook idiom
- calumniate
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn
- libel
- mud
- poison
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander
- stab
- stain
- sully
- taint
- vilify
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