Login
Ideas
Quotes
Lessons
Words
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
Search:
Dictionary
All Posts
Search
Search
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login
/
Register - It's free!
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
witch hunt
Definition
Cancel
Bank This Word!
My Lists
Login to Create a List
Register for Free!
Keep Public?
witch hunt
noun
(witch hunt)
a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft
witch hunt
noun
(witch hunt)
the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (such as political opponents) with unpopular views
Words Related to
witch hunt
!
vendetta
,
inquisition
,
vilification
,
lynch mob
,
vindictive
,
persecution
,
slander
,
scapegoating
,
pogrom
,
crusade
,
discredit
,
hysteria
,
demonization
,
vilify
,
mudslinging
,
red scare
,
harassment
,
accusation
,
mccarthyite
,
mccarthyism
,
witchhunts
,
smear
,
calumny
,
travesty
,
investigation
,
dirty tricks
,
disinformation
,
persecuting
,
disgrace
,
hypocrite
,
charade
,
inquiry
,
sour grapes
,
coverup
,
malign
,
sensationalist
,
underhandedness
,
scurrilous
,
baseless
,
unethical
,
probe
,
slanging match
,
diatribe
,
demonizing
,
despicable
,
defame
,
demagogical
,
skulduggery
,
biased
,
scorched earth policy
,
profiteering
,
farce
,
politicized
,
hypocritical
,
nonsense
,
dishonest
,
cointelpro
,
cabal
,
besmirch
,
hogwash
,
hypocrisy
,
unpatriotic
,
snitch
,
wrongdoing
,
intimidate
,
demonized
,
antisemite
,
misdoing
,
reactionary
,
libelled
,
accusers
,
denigration
,
malfeasance
,
fantasist
,
bigots
,
tirade
,
disloyal
,
scumbag
,
bossism
,
criminal
,
blackmail
,
red herring
,
liar
,
baselessly
,
perjurer
,
pillory
,
vigilantism
,
animus
,
impropriety
,
finks
,
racists
,
mislead
,
coward
,
stonewalling
,
overreaction
,
disgraceful
,
traitor
,
smokescreen
,
backlash
,
alarmist
,
witch hunt
Examples by Brain Bank Users