Speakur

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drag through the mud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
drag through the -mud
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

drags through the mud (present, singular) dragging through the mud (participle, present) dragged through the mud (participle, past) dragged through the mud (past)

Synonyms

befoul muddy sully assassinate asperse backbite badmouth belibel besmirch besmear bewray blacken

Questions

What does drag through the mud mean?
To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.

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