Answer: maligns

AnswerCrossword Clue
MALIGNSBad-mouths
MALIGNSDisparages
MALIGNSSlanders
MALIGNSDefames.
MALIGNSSlanders.
MALIGNSDrags through the mud
MALIGNSVilifies
MALIGNSBad--mouths
MALIGNSSlings mud at
malignsMALIGN, to speak evil of
malignsto speak ill of
malignsevil