What it means
- (noun) Casting aspersions with intent to discredit. “The campaign degenerated into mutual mudslinging, each candidate trying to tarnish the other's reputation and looking bad in the process.”
- (noun) An act of making damaging or spiteful remarks with the intent to discredit. “The mudslinging didn't help expand the media coverage of the issues; all that was reported was the mudslingings.”
Letter analysis
- Mudslinging contains 11 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Sub-words
- indulging
- unsmiling
- mingling
- singling
- slinging
- smudging
- dinging
- dunging
- gilding
- gliding
- guiding
- induing
- insulin
- limning
- linings
- lunging
- minding
- munging
- nudging
- sidling
- signing
- singing
- sliding
- smidgin
- smiling
- dining
- gluing
- guilds
- idling
- liming
- lining
- mining
- musing
- muslin
- nudism
- siding
- sluing
- dings
- dungs
- gilds
- guild
- limns
- lungs
- minds
- minis
- minus
- mungs
- sling
- slung
- suing
- using
- digs
- dims
- ding
- dins
- dung
- duns
- gigs
- gild
Related words
Other 11-letter words
- abandonment
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abdications
- aberrations
- abjurations
- abnormality
- abominating
- abomination
- aboriginals
- abortionist
- abracadabra
- abridgement
- abridgments
- abrogations
- absenteeism
- abstentions
- abstracting
Words starting with MUD
- mud
- muddied
- muddier
- muddies
- muddiest
- muddiness
- muddle
- muddled
- muddles
- muddling
- muddy
- muddying
- mudguard
- mudguards
- mudslide
- mudslides
- mudslinger
- mudslingers
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Mudslinging mean?
Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.
How many letters are in Mudslinging?
Mudslinging has 11 letters.
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