mudslinger

English

Etymology

From mud +‎ slinger.

Noun

mudslinger (plural mudslingers)

1. One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
   • 2008, Kerwin C. Swint, Mudslingers, Union Square Press.:

     Yet, even while modern mudslinging has grown more rampant […] the phenomenon is hardly new.

Translations

one who casts aspersions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誣衊者／诬蔑者 (wúmièzhě), 誹謗者／诽谤者 (zh) (fěibàngzhě)

• Finnish: loanheittäjä
• French: insulteur (fr)
• German: Verleumder m, Verleumderin f, Dreckschleuder (de) m, Dreckschleuderin f
• Greek: λασπολόγος (el) (laspológos)
• Italian: infangatore m
• Russian: клеветни́к (ru) m (klevetník), клеветни́ца (ru) f (klevetníca), злопыха́тель (ru) m (zlopyxátelʹ), злопыха́тельница (ru) f (zlopyxátelʹnica)