Thesaurus / defame
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synonyms for defame
- besmirch
- denigrate
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- malign
- scandalize
- smear
- vilify
- asperse
- belie
- blacken
- blister
- calumniate
- detract
- dishonor
- knock
- pan
- roast
- scorch
- slam
- stigmatize
- traduce
- vituperate
- bad-mouth
- cast aspersions
- cast slur on
- do a number on
- put zingers on
- speak evil of
- throw mud at
- villainize
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She was knocked even further off-balance when the student who she says attacked her filed a lawsuit alleging that Axley had defamed him by recounting her story to others.
“THE LIBERTY WAY”: HOW LIBERTY UNIVERSITY DISCOURAGES AND DISMISSES STUDENTS’ REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTSBY HANNAH DREYFUS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARAH BLESENER FOR PROPUBLICAOCTOBER 24, 2021PROPUBLICAAijaz Jakhrani criticised his political opponents for playing dirty tricks to defame him by posting obscene pictures and stories after hacking his Facebook page.
FIA CYBER CRIME CELL RESTORES ‘HACKED’ FACEBOOK PAGE OF SINDH MINISTERNOREPLY@BLOGGER.COM (UNKNOWN)SEPTEMBER 21, 2021TECHCRUNCHSullivan claimed he’d been defamed by false statements in an advertisement, published in the Times, accusing him of committing violence against civil rights activists.
A MAJOR SUPREME COURT FIRST AMENDMENT DECISION COULD BE AT RISKSAMANTHA BARBASJULY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe fact that after this advice, Governor Cuomo instructed surrogates to attack and defame those who courageously came forward with their stories should not be lost on anyone.
CHRIS CUOMO SOMEHOW CLAIMS HE ‘KNOWS WHERE THE LINE IS’ AFTER SCANDAL ERUPTSJUSTIN BARAGONAMAY 21, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThe Constitution does not give publishers license to defame.
FOX NEWS SUED BY DOMINION IN $1.6 BILLION DEFAMATION CASE THAT COULD SET NEW GUARDRAILS FOR BROADCASTERSELAHE IZADI, PAUL FARHIMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI hope to be able to teach you that it's one thing to defy a board of directors, and it's another to defame a respectable man.
PAUL GOSSLETT'S CONFESSIONS IN LOVE, LAW, AND THE CIVIL SERVICECHARLES JAMES LEVERThey defame one another, and mutually treat each other as impostors and false teachers.
GOOD SENSEPAUL HENRI THIRY, BARON D'HOLBACHYessum, she said a absolute piece of po'try what I would not defame my lips by repeating to you.
VACATION WITH THE TUCKER TWINSNELL SPEEDTheir plan of life is to defame other people, and by this means proclaim their own superiority over other weak mortals.
DRAKE, NELSON AND NAPOLEONWALTER RUNCIMANOh, you are wrong to defame St. Jeans; it is badly kept but it well keeps its famous ones.
THE HERO OF THE PEOPLEALEXANDRE DUMASWORDS RELATED TO DEFAME
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- abuse
- asperse
- bad-mouth
- belittle
- calumniate
- censure
- condemn
- cry down
- defame
- denounce
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- devalue
- diminish
- discount
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- do a number on
- downgrade
- dump on
- hit
- knock
- lower
- malign
- mark down
- minimize
- opprobriate
- pan
- poor-mouth
- put down
- rail against
- rap
- reprehend
- reprobate
- run down
- slam
- take swipe at
- throw stones at
- traduce
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- vilify
- write off
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.