单词 | whispering campaign |
释义 | whispering campaignSEE SYNONYMS FOR whispering campaign ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe organized spreading of insinuations or rumors to destroy the reputation of a person, organization, etc. Origin of whispering campaignFirst recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby whispering campaignWhisky Rebellion, whisper, whispered, whisperer, whispering, whispering campaign, whispering gallery, whisperous, whispery, whist, whist drive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for whispering campaignwhispering campaign nounthe organized diffusion by word of mouth of defamatory rumours designed to discredit a person, group, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with whispering campaignwhispering campaign A deliberate spreading of derogatory rumors about a candidate, as in That whispering campaign destroyed his chances for election. [c. 1920] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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