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Mud

information or allegations regarded as damaging or scandalous.
"the two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other"


eg His name was mud.

Thanks mamya, but isn't "denounce" a verb?

Ah - I suppose "was denounced" is equivalent to "was mud" (just about!)

Thanks everyone! Googling reveals mud also as a verb in some dictionaries, eg Merriam-Webster.

I had the immense pleasure of playing Scrooge a year or so ago, pretty curmudgeonly with heartfelt use of "bah humbug"!

How liberating!