Thesaurus: slander

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1. n. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
2. n. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
3. n. Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
4. v. t. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
5. v. t. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
6. n. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
7. n. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
8. v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
9. 1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting." Tillotson. [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. B. Jonson. 2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. Shak. 3. (Law) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril. 1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate. O, do not slander him, for he is kind. Shak. 2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once. Shak. Syn. -- To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse.
10. Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; inmodern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false,malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogationof another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril.
11. v:44/n:56 n. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another