mudslinging Definition

nastiness, demagoguery, slander, gamesmanship, calumny, acrimony, rancor, infighting, innuendo, invective, rhetoric, vituperation, vilification, sensationalism, pettiness, recrimination, negativity, dishonesty, ad hominem, disinformation, hyperbole, witch hunt, theatrics, chicanery, misinformation, sleaze, fisticuffs, animosity, histrionics, feud, politicking, demonization, hypocrisy, skulduggery, partisanship, sniping, electioneering, bickering, posturing, negativism, vitriol, polemics, dirty tricks, campaigning, fingerpointing, backbiting, sloganeering, smears, bossism, politics, debates, backstabbing, insults, insinuations, slanging match, oneupmanship, underhandedness, vindictiveness, thuggery, discourse, squabbles, saber rattling, preelection, contestation, vendetta, quarrels, shenanigans, bluster, slugfest, silliness, upmanship, horserace, speechifying, grandstander, fulminations, countercharge, obstructionism, factionalism, disputations, bombast, accusations, incivility, barbs, unpleasantness, malicious gossip, gotcha, brouhahas, civility, politicians, ugliness, tomfoolery, fisticuff, brinkmanship, tirades, sour grapes, tommyrot, diatribes, editorializing, politick, election,