| A | B |
|---|
| aspersions | attacks on a person's character or honesty; damaging or unfavorable remarks |
| compunction | a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a sting of conscience or pang of guilt |
| derision | hateful or mocking laughter; ridicule |
| disapprobation | moral disapproval |
| ostracize | to banish or exclude from a group to shun |
| rebuke | to critize sharply (v), a strong criticism (n) |
| revulsion | a sudden, intense feeling of disgust |
| scurrilous | vulgar, coarse, or abusive in expression; foul-mouthed |
| spurn | to reject scornfully |
| vitriolic | intensely and bitterly harsh; stinging |
