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Words related to slander

Related / Similar Words: aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

Definition:

an abusive attack on a person''s character or good name;

words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another;

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";

Hyponyms: mud, assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud

Derivational Morphology: defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch, vilification, malignment, defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job, aspersion, denigration, slur, blot, spot, stain, defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer

Anagrams: snarled

Language Translations:
Chinese: 誹謗		Dutch: laster
French: calomnie		German: Verleumdung
Greek: δυσφήμηση		Italian: calunnia
Japanese: 中傷		Korean: 악담
Portuguese: Calúnia		Russian: клевета

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