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Defame
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What's The Definition Of Defame?
[v] 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 | Synonyms for Defame: asperse | besmirch | calumniate | denigrate | slander | smear | smirch | sully Related Terms | Find terms related to Defame: asperse | attaint | bad-mouth | belie | bespatter | blacken | blot | blow upon | brand | calumniate | cast aspersions on | cast reflections on | censure | defile | denigrate | disapprove | disparage | expose | expose to infamy | gibbet | hang in effigy | libel | malign | misrepresent | pillory | reprimand | scandalize | slander | slur | smear | soil | stain | stigmatize | sully | taint | tarnish | throw mud at | traduce | vilify See Also | accuse | assassinate | badmouth | charge | drag through the mud | libel | malign | traduce Defame In Webster's Dictionary \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or
OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous);
dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See
{Fame}.]
1. 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.
2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My
blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.
3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]
Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the
person of a noble knight. --Sir W.
Scott.
Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}.
\De*fame"\, n. Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. |
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