Meaning of name-calling | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“So inflammatory were the words of some preachers during these trying years that a resolution to silence, by mayoral proclamation, a continuation of name-calling from the pulpit was presented to the city council by one would-be pacifier.”

“The next day things got heated in the schoolyard as the name calling began. It was three against one.”

“[…] a former Republican lawmaker who left the Legislature earlier this year after she clashed with party leaders over a series of proposed transgender bills and closed-door meetings, she said, devolved into yelling and name-calling.”

“Can dark woke get the Democrats a Senate seat back in Ohio? What about Montana? Will enough name-calling put the Democrats in the mix in Missouri? It’s unlikely.”

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