
1) Abase 2) Asperse 3) Badmouth 4) Besmirch 5) Blacken 6) Calumniate 7) Cult 8) Insult 9) Libel 10) Malign 11) Slur 12) Smear 13) Tar 14) Traduce
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1) Accuse 2) Asperse 3) Attack the good name of 4) Backbite 5) Besmirch 6) Blacken 7) Bring dishonor upon 8) Calumniate 9) Cast aspersions 10) Charge 11) Damage 12) Denigrate 13) Denigrate, slander 14) Do some mudslinging 15) Drag through the mud 16) French word used in English 17) Give a black eye
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• (v. t.) To charge; to accuse. • (n.) Dishonor. • (v. t.) To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. • (v. t.) To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
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De·fame' noun Dishonor. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. Found on
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De·fame' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Defamed ;
present participle & verbal noun Defaming .] [ Middle English
defamen ,
diffamen , from French
diffamer , or Old French perhaps
defamer , from...
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[
v] - charge falsely or with malicious intent
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defame 1. To attack someone, or someone`s reputation, character, or good name by making slanderous or libelous statements. 2. To charge someone falsely or with malicious intent.
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slander verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; `The journalists have defamed me!` `The article in the paper sullied my reputation`
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to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician. · to disgrace; bring dishonor upon. · to accuse.
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[SAT terms] charge falsely or with malicious intent
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