1) Asperse 2) Badmouth 3) Besmirch 4) Calumniate 5) Defame 6) Denigrate 7) Drag through the mud 8) Malign 9) Slander 10) Smear 11) Smirch 12) Speak evil of 13) Speak falsely of 14) Speak ill of 15) Speak unfavorably about 16) Sully 17) To pass on 18) To rephrase, to translate 19) To transmit 1) Asperse 2) Badmouth 3) Malign 
to defame; to slander
• (v. t.) To draw away; to seduce. • (v. t.) To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame. • (v. t.) To increase or distribute by propagation. • (v. t.) To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of. • (v. t.) To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; a...
traduce 1. To speak evil of, especially (now always) falsely or maliciously; to defame, malign, vilify, slander, calumniate, misrepresent; to blame, censure. 2. To cause humiliation or disgrace to someone by making malicious and false statements. 3. To harm the reputation of someone through false and malicious statements. 4. To speak maliciously...
[SAT terms] speak unfavorably about speak unfavorably about[Obscure words] speak unfavorably about speak unfavorably about[Intelligent words] speak unfavorably about