defame

verbinflict libel or slander

Synonyms for defame

verb inflict libel or slander

Antonyms for defame

asperse

verb. libel

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French defamer (13c., Modern French diffamer), from Medieval Latin defamare, from Latin diffamare "to spread abroad by ill report, make a scandal of," from dis- suggestive of ruination + fama "a report, rumor" (see fame (n.)). Related: Defamed; defaming.

Example Sentences for defame

For those who wish to defame you will assert that I am wise, though I am not.

I have done nothing to defame your character, in spite of what has passed.

They not only defame Wilson, but they contend that the part we played in the war has been overestimated.

On this principle they defame, persecute, and destroy every one who displeases them.

No cruelty must ever defame it, no malice, no gross bitterness!

When we tell lies about our neighbor and slander or defame him in our conversation.

We are outcasts from Deity, therefore we defame the place of our exile.

On the other hand why shouldn't they all double-cross and prey on and defame and applaud each other to their heart's content?

I 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.

That however, did not trouble him and he did everything that Pombal bade him to do, to defame and destroy the Society.

defame

Synonyms for defame

Antonyms for defame

abused

abusing

asperse

blacken

decry

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Synonyms for defame

Antonyms for defame

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