| Term | Definition |
| virulent | extremely poisonous, deadly, venomous, very bitter |
| eulogize | priase, extol, laud, glorify |
| calumnious | falsely or maliciously accusing, defamatory, slanderous |
| libel | false and defamatory printed (or written) statement |
| slander | false and defamatory spoken statement, calumny |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stigmatize | brand with a mark of disgrace |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| jocose | given to jesting, playfully humorous, jocular |
| satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule |