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Synonyms for slander
ˈslæn dərslan·der

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slanderverb

    Synonyms:
    libel, defame

  2. slanderverb

    to utter a slanderous statement

    Synonyms:
    defame, libel

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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

    Antonyms:
    defend, eulogize, extol, laud, praise, vindicate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. slander

    Synonyms:
    asperse, defame, calumniate, vilify, abuse, scandalize, traduce, belittle, blacken

    Antonyms:
    praise, laud, honor, vindicate, defend, panegyrize, eulogize, shield, commend

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slandernoun

    words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

    Synonyms:
    denigration, calumny, aspersion, defamation

  2. aspersion, 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, slur

  3. defame, 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 Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slanderverb

    Synonyms:
    defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh against

  2. slandernoun

    Synonyms:
    defamation (maliciously uttered), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slandernoun

    Synonyms:
    defamation, calumny, aspersion, libel, vilification, scandal, abuse, traducement, backbiting, roorback, vituperation

  2. slanderverb

    Synonyms:
    malign, defame, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, backbite, scandalize, libel

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "slander":

    defamation, libel, calumny, defame, vilification, slur, malign, denigration, smear

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How to use slander in a sentence?

  1. Zhao Lijian:

    It is only using this as a pretext to oppress Chinese companies, destabilize Xinjiang and slander China's Xinjiang policy.

  2. Moliere:

    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.

  3. Donald Trump:

    This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally.

  4. Foreign Minister Wang:

    We never pick a fight or bully others. But we have principles and guts. We will push back against any deliberate insult, resolutely defend our national honor and dignity, and we will refute all groundless slander with facts.

  5. Peter Drucker:

    While for some knowledge is food, others live on slander and gossip.The latter are the ignorant, ignore the ignorant lest you slide down to their level.


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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