slander

slander
n
1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation; scandal, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace, dishonor, ill-repute, obloquy, loss of face; belittlement, disparagement, deprecation, detraction, deflation, depreciation, derogation, devaluation; humiliation, humble pie, mortification.
2. calumny, libel, false report, misrepresentation, yellow journalism; traducement, falsehood, lie, untruth, aspersion, imputation, insinuation, Inf. brickbat, innuendo; abuse, injury, maliciousness, stricture, backbiting, Archaic. malison; slur, blot, blot on the escutcheon, smear, smirch, taint, attaint, stain, tarnish, spot, black spot or mark, blemish, smudge, brand, stigma.
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3. defame, vilify, vilipend, denigrate, vituperate, scandalize, run down, berate, impugn, revile, Obs. avile, malign, gibbet, criticize, pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, give a bad name, speak ill of, speak evil of, sneer at, lampoon, pasquinade, muckrake; denounce, rail, curse, execrate, damn, imprecate, Obs. exprobrate, anathematize, censure, cry down, reproach; disgrace, dishonor, shame, debase, vitiate, degrade, discredit, disprove, disfavor; belittle, disparage, detract, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, devaluate, deflate; humiliate, humble, mortify, Sl. put down.
4. calumniate, libel, asperse, impute, traduce, falsify, accuse falsely, misrepresent, belie; injure, abuse, assail, stab, insult, backbite, Sl. badmouth, engage in personalities; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch, besmirch, soil, blacken, tarnish, taint, stain, smudge, blemish, spot, brand, stigmatize, drag through the mud or mire, heap dirt upon, fling dirt, throw mud on, Sl. dump on.

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  • slander — slan·der 1 / slan dər/ vt: to utter slander against slan·der·er n slander 2 n [Anglo French esclandre, from Old French escandle esclandre scandal, from Late Latin scandalum moral stumbling block, disgrace, from Greek skandalon, literally, snare,… …   Law dictionary

  • Slander — • The attributing to another of a fault of which one knows him to be innocent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Slander     Slander      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Slander — Slan der, n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ??? a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See {Scan},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slander — Slan der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slandering}.] 1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slander — n calumny, *detraction, backbiting, scandal Analogous words: defamation, vilification, aspersion, traducing (see corresponding verbs at MALIGN): *abuse, vituperation, invective, obloquy, scurrility slander vb defame, libel, calumniate, *malign,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • slander — [n] scandalous remark aspersion, backbiting*, backstabbing*, belittlement, black eye*, calumny, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirt*, dirty linen*, disparagement, hit*, libel, lie, misrepresentation, muckraking, mud*, mud slinging*,… …   New thesaurus

  • slander — [slan′dər] n. [ME sclaunder < Anglo Fr esclaundre (OFr esclandre, escandle) < LL(Ec) scandalum: see SCANDAL] 1. the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person s character or… …   English World dictionary

  • slander — ► NOUN Law 1) the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person s reputation. Compare with LIBEL(Cf. ↑libelous). 2) a false and malicious spoken statement. ► VERB ▪ make such statements about. DERIVATIVES slanderer …   English terms dictionary

  • SLANDER — The only instance of defamation in biblical law for which a penalty is prescribed is that of the virgin (Deut. 22:19) – and that defamation is in the nature of a matrimonial stratagem (cf. Deut. 22:16–17) rather than of a specifically defamatory… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • slander — ▪ I. slander slan‧der 1 [ˈslɑːndə ǁ ˈslændər] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW a spoken statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of him or her, or the legal offence of making a… …   Financial and business terms

  • slander — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gross (BrE), malicious, vicious, vile VERB + SLANDER ▪ be guilty of ▪ sue sb for …   Collocations dictionary

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