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Definition of Drag through the mud
1. Verb. Speak unfavorably about. "She badmouths her husband everywhere"
Generic synonyms: Asperse, Besmirch, Calumniate, Defame, Denigrate, Slander, Smear, Smirch, Sully
Derivative terms: Maligner, Malignment, Traducement, Traducer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drag Through The Mud
Literary usage of Drag through the mud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europa: Or, Scenes and Society in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland by Daniel Clarke Eddy (1860)
"Than among us there is less of that mock modesty which blushes at a dress which
does not cover the ankle, boot, and foot, and drag through the mud and water ..."
2. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"In this obliviousness I sympathized, and slipping into an easy arm-chair, from
the time of my drag through the mud in the morning I had not so quiet and ..."
3. Memoirs of Prince Metternich: 1773-[1835] by Robina Napier, Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich, Gerard W. Smith (1881)
"drag through the mud the name of God and the powers instituted by His divine
decrees, and the revolution will be prepared ! Speak of a social contract, ..."
4. The Popes and the Hohenstaufen by Ugo Balzani (1898)
"... led by Nogaret and Sciarra, in forcing themselves into the apartments of
Boniface VIII., were destined to drag- through the mud the Church which, ..."
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