Answer to "Maligned" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SMEARED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2014.

Maligned crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SMEARED	25 %	7
ABUSED	19 %	6
LIBELED	19 %	7
SLANDERED	13 %	9
TRADUCED	13 %	8
ASPERSED	6 %	8
WRONGED	6 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Maligned

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• abused
• reviled
• denigrated
• vilified
• disparaged
• demonized
• slandered
• ridiculed
• derided
• misrepresented
• villified
• misunderstood

Crossword Answer definitions

SMEARED verb

1. To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
2. To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
3. To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
4. To become spread by smearing.
5. To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SMEARED

• Libeled
• Slandered
• Spread
• Bad-mouthed
• Spread liberally
• Villified
• Applied liberally
• Bad-mouthed publicly
• Took political potshots at
• Participated in an ugly campaign

More clues leading to the result ABUSED

• Mistreated
• Took unfair advantage of
• Walked all over
• Took advantage of
• Treated badly
• Maligned
• Badly treated
• Misapplied
• Treated harmfully
• Maltreated.

More clues leading to the result LIBELED

• Pilloried in print
• Defamed in writing
• Maligned in writing
• Defamed in print
• Like some newspaper suers
• Defamed.
• Maligned
• Put down in writing
• Victimized by the press, say
• Cast aspersions on, in a way

More clues leading to the result SLANDERED

• Dragged through the mud, so to speak
• Defamed
• What Mrs. Slipslop did.
• Maligned.
• Like a victim of calumny

More clues leading to the result TRADUCED

• Blackened a name.
• Vilified.
• Calumniated
• Slandered
• Maligned
• Defamed

More clues leading to the result ASPERSED

• Slandered
• Damaged a reputation
• Besmirched, in a way
• Smeared
• Maligned
• Attacked with false charges
• Charged falsely

More clues leading to the result WRONGED

• Did an injustice to
• Treated unfairly
• Did a number on
• Treated unjustly.
• Unfairly treated.
• Maligned
• Treated badly
• Treated unjustly
• Mistreated