Thesaurus results for MUDSLINGER

mudslinger

noun

ˈməd-ˌsliŋ-ər

Definition of mudslinger

as in attack dog

one who makes harsh, personal attacks against opponents a local hot-button issue that has turned some normally mild-mannered neighbors into letter-writing mudslingers

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Recent Examples of mudslinger Social media platforms were a critical battleground during the campaign, with political mudslingers waging cyberwar with few legal constraints after the government failed to act on calls for a new law to protect democracy in the internet age. — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019 In 2010, when the group launched ahead of Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Brock had imposed a set of self-regulations on the staff that would cultivate an air of respectability for the mudslingers. — Gabriel Debenedetti, Daily Intelligencer, 20 May 2018 If that lady is a 101-year-old movie legend, any would-be mudslingers best take care, her attorney said this week. — Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com, 2 Sep. 2017 He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami. — Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017

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Noun

Continue reading … -- POLITICS 'BAD LOOK' – Newsom's attack dog taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit as 2028 fight heats up.

— , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is best known for his role as a partisan attack dog for the president.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 11 June 2026

Definition of attack dog

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Foer, to his credit, is a reporter—and a very good one—more than a polemicist.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Justice Kagan has sometimes been viewed as a strategist rather than a polemicist, who tries to forge agreements with the Court’s more moderate conservative members.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026

Definition of polemicist

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The data illustrates how sharks can cover vast distances in a year, said Bradley Peterson, the Stony Brook University marine scientist working with Metzger this particular day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
How to stay safe Unprovoked shark attacks are relatively rare in the United States.

— Heather McCarron, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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