Defame
21defame — [[t]dɪfe͟ɪm[/t]] defames, defaming, defamed VERB If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them. [FORMAL] [V n] Sgt Norwood complained that the article defamed him …
22defame — de·fame || dɪ feɪm v. slander, libel, discredit, malign …
23defame — verb damage the good reputation of. Derivatives defamation noun defamatory adjective defamer noun Origin ME: from OFr. diffamer, from L. diffamare spread evil report , from dis (expressing removal) + fama report …
24defame — v. a. Asperse, slander, malign, calumniate, traduce, vilify, revile, libel, blacken, abuse, blemish, run down, speak ill of …
25defame — verb (T) formal to write or say something that makes people have an unfairly bad opinion of someone or something defamatory adjective …
26defame — verb she has defamed my character Syn: libel, slander, malign, cast aspersions on, smear, traduce, give someone a bad name, run down, speak ill of, vilify, besmirch, stigmatize, disparage, denigrate, discredit, decry; informal do a hatchet job on …
27defame — v 1. denigrate, vituperate, vilify, vilipend, scandalize, run down, berate, revile, malign, impugn, criticize, pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, cut up, shred, give a bad name, speak ill of, speak evil of, gibbet, hold up to scorn, sneer… …
28defame — de·fame …
29defame — de•fame [[t]dɪˈfeɪm[/t]] v. t. famed, fam•ing 1) to attack the good name or reputation of; slander or libel 2) archaic to disgrace • Etymology: 1275–1325; < ML dēfāmāre, der. of L diffāmāre to spread the news of, slander de•fam′er, n …
30defame — /diˈfeɪm / (say dee faym), /də / (say duh ) verb (t) (defamed, defaming) 1. to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously anything injurious; slander; libel; calumniate. 2. Obsolete to disgrace. {Middle… …
