Showing results for defaming. Search instead for melamin.

defaming

ADJECTIVE

opprobrious

Synonyms

WEAK

abasing calumniatory contemptuous contumelious damaging debasing defamatory denigrating depreciative derogative despicable despiteful detractive disgracing dishonoring disparaging humiliating hurting injuring injurious insolent insulting invective libeling malevolent malign malignant maligning notorious offending offensive pejorative reproaching reviling scandalous scurrilous shaming spiteful truculent vile vitriolic vituperative vulgar

Antonyms

WEAK

complimentary flattering kind nice praising

NOUN

denigration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

character assassination defamation

STRONG

aspersion calumniation calumny deprecation derogation detraction disparagement libel put down ridicule scorn slander traducement vilification

WEAK

libeling smearing traducing

Antonyms

STRONG

approval compliment flattery praise

NOUN

meanness

Synonyms

STRONG

belittling cheating scolding

WEAK

coveting deceiving defrauding degrading dishonoring groveling grudging quarreling shaming sneaking

Antonyms

WEAK

generosity nobility worthiness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Chaves has had strained ties with local media, whom he accuses of defaming him.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“The whole thing’s about defaming me,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya's deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of defaming him on social media.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll in 2023, ordering him to pay $5 million in damages.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

The broken bit of mirror danced away from him; he picked it up and turned it over in his fingers, thinking, thinking of Dumbledore and the lies with which Rita Skeeter was defaming him....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

defaming

Example Sentences

Related Words