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ˈslæn dərslan·der
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
slander
To slander a person is to utter a false and injurious report concerning him; to defame is specifically and directly to attack one's reputation; to defame by spoken words is to slander, by written words, to libel. To asperse is, as it were, to bespatter with injurious charges; to malign is to circulate studied and malicious attacks upon character; to traduce is to exhibit one's real or assumed traits in an odious light; to revile or vilify is to attack with vile abuse. To disparage is to represent one's admitted good traits or acts as less praiseworthy than they would naturally be thought to be, as for instance, by ascribing a man's benevolence to a desire for popularity or display. To libel or slander is to make an assault upon character and repute that comes within the scope of law; the slander is uttered, the libel written, printed, or pictured. To backbite is to speak something secretly to one's injury; to calumniate is to invent as well as utter the injurious charge. One may "abuse," "assail," or vilify another to his face; he asperses, calumniates, slanders, or traduces him behind his back.
Synonyms:
asperse, backbite, calumniate, decry, defame, depreciate, disparage, libel, malign, revile, traduce, vilify
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Princeton's WordNet
slandernoun
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
Synonyms:
denigration, calumny, aspersion, defamationaspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigrationverb
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Synonyms:
hatchet job, calumniation, calumny, sprinkling, traducement, obloquy, defamation, belittling, deprecation, denigration, aspersion, slurdefame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb
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"
Synonyms:
besmirch, smudge, asperse, maculate, taint, smear, smutch, calumniate, tarnish, denigrate, minimize, blur, defile, sully, stain, daub, smirch, defame, corrupt, belittle, cloud, derogate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
slanderverb
Synonyms:
defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh againstslandernoun
Synonyms:
defamation (maliciously uttered), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
slandernoun
Synonyms:
defamation, calumny, aspersion, libel, vilification, scandal, abuse, traducement, backbiting, roorback, vituperationslanderverb
Synonyms:
malign, defame, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, backbite, scandalize, libel
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "slander":
defamation, libel, calumny, defame, vilification, slur, malign, denigration, smear
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Slander
Libel vs. Slander -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Libel and Slander.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2225 | abuse | |
| #5621 | cloud | |
| #7843 | minimize | |
| #11969 | corrupt | |
| #12545 | stain | |
| #17984 | blur | |
| #22663 | smear | |
| #27713 | defamation | |
| #28564 | libel | |
| #33274 | slander | |
| #41477 | sully | |
| #46613 | taint | |
| #48046 | sprinkling | |
| #49676 | smudge | |
| #51950 | tarnish | |
| #59341 | slur | |
| #66548 | decry | |
| #72172 | malign | |
| #73765 | defame | |
| #74328 | belittle | |
| #78097 | defile | |
| #82625 | deprecation | |
| #84156 | disparage | |
| #86920 | denigrate | |
| #88197 | depreciate | |
| #94285 | vilification | |
| #107187 | belittling | |
| #113170 | daub | |
| #119090 | blacken | |
| #122178 | denigration | |
| #125521 | calumny | |
| #141077 | vilify | |
| #144647 | derogate | |
| #148587 | revile | |
| #225345 | besmirch | |
| #278353 | aspersion | |
| #288415 | traduce | |
| #291648 | obloquy |
How to use slander in a sentence?
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
Much the same as the First Amendment does not allow anyone to slander or libel anyone, it also does not allow someone to ignore the federal criminal laws.
The only truth slander reveals is about the coward implementing it.
Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed.
Translations for slander
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- افتراءArabic
- клевета, клеветяBulgarian
- calúmnia, calumniar, injúria, injuriarCatalan, Valencian
- pomluvit, pomluvaCzech
- bagvaskelse, bagtaleDanish
- verunglimpfen, Verleumdung, verleumdenGerman
- συκοφαντία, συκοφαντώ, διαβάλλω, διαβολή, διασύρωGreek
- calumnia, calumniar, difamarSpanish
- panetellaFinnish
- calomnier, calomnieFrench
- càinScottish Gaelic
- rágalom, rágalmaz, rágalmazásHungarian
- diffamazione, diffamare, calunniaItalian
- לשון הרעHebrew
- 誹謗, 中傷Japanese
- 악담Korean
- beklaatschenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tarawau, tūtaraMāori
- клевета, клеветиMacedonian
- laster, smaad, smadenDutch
- bakvaskelseNorwegian
- oszczerstwo, pomówienie, szkalowaćPolish
- difamar, aleivosia, calúnia, injúria, caluniar, injuriar, aleivePortuguese
- defăimaRomanian
- поклёп, наговаривать, порочение, злословить, клевета, хаянье, очернять, навет, хулить, напраслина, хула, хаять, злословие, порочить, поношение, наговор, клеветатьRussian
- förtala, baktala, förtalSwedish
- அவதூறுTamil
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