Thesaurus / slander
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail.
Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.
As the actions of slander and libel have been described, only two others require notice, mandamus and quo warranto.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
The publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
The Queen makes a long speech, expressing her deep grief at the calumnies and slander that beset her.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNER
But if so—what an amazing and incredible thing was the mesh of slander and falsehood in which he had been entangled!
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIR
She deserves the most severe reprobation for having failed to test her materials before she made public this foul slander.
DEVIL-WORSHIP IN FRANCEARTHUR EDWARD WAITE
It is deserving of remark that in this young society slander was not suffered to go unpunished.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLANDGEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE
He did not seem to understand that if he went away he would give people ground for thinking the slander true.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
A being so gentle and so virtuous, slander might wound but could not dishonor.
'THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN'CHARLOTTE OUISCONSIN VAN CLEVE
WORDS RELATED TO SLANDER
- abuse
- asperse
- attack
- calumniate
- censure
- clamor against
- condemn
- contemn
- decry
- defame
- denigrate
- denounce
- deprecate
- deride
- derogate
- detract
- discount
- discountenance
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- dispraise
- fault
- find fault with
- humble
- knock
- look down on
- lower
- malign
- minimize
- put down
- rap
- revile
- roast
- run down
- scoff at
- scorn
- slam
- slander
- slight
- slur
- smear
- sneer at
- spurn
- take down a peg
- traduce
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- vilify
- blow up
- bring into disrepute
- bring to naught
- censure
- defame
- degrade
- destroy
- disconsider
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- disprove
- explode
- expose
- frown upon
- knock bottom out of
- mudsling
- poke full of holes
- pooh-pooh
- puncture
- put down
- reflect on
- reproach
- ruin
- run down
- shoot
- show up
- slander
- slur
- smear
- take rug out from under
- tear down
- vilify
- blow up
- bring into disrepute
- bring to naught
- censure
- defame
- degrade
- destroy
- disconsider
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- disprove
- explode
- expose
- frown upon
- knock bottom out of
- mudsling
- poke full of holes
- pooh-pooh
- puncture
- put down
- reflect on
- reproach
- ruin
- run down
- shoot
- show up
- slander
- slur
- smear
- take rug out from under
- tear down
- vilify
- blow up
- bring into disrepute
- bring to naught
- censure
- defame
- degrade
- destroy
- disconsider
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- disprove
- explode
- expose
- frown upon
- knock bottom out of
- mudsling
- poke full of holes
- pooh-pooh
- puncture
- put down
- reflect on
- reproach
- ruin
- run down
- shoot
- show up
- slander
- slur
- smear
- take rug out from under
- tear down
- vilify
- abasement
- abuse
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put-down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
- abase
- attaint
- besmirch
- blot
- debase
- defame
- defile
- degrade
- depress
- deride
- derogate
- desecrate
- discredit
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disparage
- disregard
- disrespect
- expel
- give a black eye
- humble
- humiliate
- libel
- lose face
- lower
- mock
- put down
- reduce
- reproach
- ridicule
- slander
- slur
- snub
- stain
- stigmatize
- sully
- taint
- take down a peg
- tar and feather
- tarnish
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