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Defame Definition And Meaning
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 \Defame"\, 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}. \Defame"\, n. Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Defame Definition And Meaning

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"

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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