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Defaming

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Defaming"

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Word	Definition
denigrateverb	(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
calumniateverb	(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
slanderverb	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
sullyverb	(transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
besmirchverb	(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
smirchverb	(transitive, figurative, archaic) To harm the reputation of; to smear or slander.
smearverb	(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
asperseverb	To falsely or maliciously charge someone.
slanderingnoun	The act of committing slander.
distorting	That distorts.
throwingnoun	The act by which something is thrown.
vilificationnoun	slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
blackeningnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
disparaging	Insulting, ridiculing.
defamationnoun	The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
denigrationnoun	An unfair criticism.
traductionnoun	(uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another.
traducingverb	The act of one who traduces; defamation.
slanderernoun	One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.
detractionnoun	A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.