EPITHET as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
   Synonym(s)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me
   Hypernyms(s) epithet is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • obloquy (what does obloquy mean?)
   • traducement (what does traducement mean?)
   • hatchet job (what does hatchet job mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • smear word (what does smear word mean?)
2. Meaning
   • descriptive word or phrase
   Hypernyms(s) epithet is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • word picture (what does word picture mean?)
   • word-painting (what does word-painting mean?)
   • delineation (what does delineation mean?)
   • depiction (what does depiction mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • characterization (what does characterization mean?)
   • characterisation (what does characterisation mean?)