Slander synonyms
slăn'dər
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Part of speech:
To reduce in esteem or rank.
muckrake
To search for and expose corruption or scandal especially as done by a journalist.
A false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone's reputation
speak evil of
To spread false or damaging charges against; slander
To violate the virginity or chastity of
cast a slur on
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(Now Rare) To slander; defame
To disparage; belittle.
acclamation (antonym)
An acclaiming or being acclaimed
The definition of malign is to speak badly about or criticism someone.
Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
(Christian Theol.) Unseemly conduct of a religious person that discredits religion or causes moral lapse in another
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Act of publishing or displaying publicly such a thing
To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about.
To fail to uphold; disregard or violate:
Detract is defined as to take away from or reduce.
To belittle.
To use abusive or contemptuous language in speaking to or about; call bad names
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To speak blasphemy.
The definition of attack is to make an attempt to hurt someone or something (physically or verbally), to destroy someone or something, to impact someone or something in a dangerous manner, or to forcibly take someone or something.
To dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt:
To stain; sully:
To denigrate is to belittle or attack someone's reputation.
To soil, stain, or dirty with or as if with a smearing agent:
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To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible:
To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.
sneer at
blacken the fair name
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To defeat decisively.
To bring from concealment; disclose.
praise (antonym)
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
lie (related)
Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:
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lower (related)
To reduce the height of
Full of calumnies; slanderous
Used in reference to an utterance, to indicate that it is false and harmful to the reputation of another.
(US) defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
Characterized by or constituting slander
Insulting or hurtful language, especially when used to threaten or demoralize:
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An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
The malicious denunciation or slandering of another person, especially as part of an effort to ruin the reputation of a public figure.
A curse.
Evil talk about someone; slander
roorback
Alternative form of roorbach.
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Slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
Abusive language
To have a forceful effect on
To show to be untrue; prove false
To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape:
To be an improper or bad representative of
To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.
To apply (a ) to, so as to leave a coating, mark, etc.
glorification (antonym)
The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
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nicety (antonym)
The quality or state of being nice
acclaim (antonym)
To declare by acclamations.
glorify (antonym)
To exalt and honor (God), as in worship
flatter (antonym)
To try to please, or ingratiate oneself with, by praise and attention
An unfair criticism
The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
To harm or diminish the reputation of.
cast aspersions on
law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
falsehood (related)
ridicule (related)
impiety (related)
blasphemy (related)
deceit (related)
back-biting (related)
blasphemous (related)
To profane or sully
To call evil or injury down on; damn
To misrepresent.
sling the mud
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