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.
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The publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
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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
- belittle
- chill
- cry down
- decry
- defame
- degrade
- deject
- demoralize
- denigrate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- dis
- discourage
- discredit
- disdain
- dishearten
- dismiss
- dispirit
- dispraise
- downcry
- dump on
- lower
- malign
- minimize
- pan
- put down
- put hooks in
- rap
- ridicule
- roast
- run down
- scorch
- scorn
- slam
- slander
- smear
- sour grapes
- tear down
- traduce
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- vilify
- write off
- account
- babble
- back-fence talk
- blather
- blether
- buzz
- calumny
- chatter
- chitchat
- chronicle
- clothesline
- conversation
- cry
- defamation
- dirty laundry
- dirty linen
- dirty wash
- earful
- grapevine
- hearsay
- idle talk
- injury
- malicious talk
- meddling
- news
- prate
- prattle
- report
- scandal
- scuttlebutt
- slander
- small talk
- story
- tale
- talk
- whispering campaign
- wire
- abasement
- abuse
- bad name
- bad odor
- 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
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put-down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- shame
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
- abrasion
- abuse
- affliction
- affront
- agony
- bad
- bite
- blemish
- boo-boo
- bruise
- burn
- chop
- cramp
- cut
- damage
- deformation
- detriment
- discomfiture
- disservice
- distress
- evil
- fracture
- gash
- grievance
- hemorrhage
- ill
- impairment
- indignity
- injustice
- insult
- laceration
- lesion
- libel
- loss
- mischief
- misery
- mutilation
- nick
- ouch
- outrage
- pang
- ruin
- scar
- scratch
- shock
- slander
- sore
- sprain
- stab
- sting
- suffering
- swelling
- trauma
- twinge
- wound
- wrong
- abrasion
- abuse
- affliction
- affront
- agony
- bad
- bite
- blemish
- boo-boo
- bruise
- burn
- chop
- cramp
- cut
- damage
- deformation
- detriment
- discomfiture
- disservice
- distress
- evil
- fracture
- gash
- grievance
- hemorrhage
- ill
- impairment
- indignity
- injustice
- insult
- laceration
- lesion
- libel
- loss
- mischief
- misery
- mutilation
- nick
- ouch
- outrage
- pang
- ruin
- scar
- scratch
- shock
- slander
- sore
- sprain
- stab
- sting
- suffering
- swelling
- trauma
- twinge
- wound
- wrong
- abuse
- affront
- aspersion
- black eye
- blasphemy
- cheap shot
- contempt
- contumely
- derision
- despite
- discourtesy
- disdainfulness
- disgrace
- disrespect
- ignominy
- impertinence
- impudence
- incivility
- indignity
- insolence
- invective
- libel
- mockery
- obloquy
- offense
- opprobrium
- outrage
- put-down
- rudeness
- scorn
- scurrility
- shame
- slam
- slander
- slap
- slap in the face
- slight
- snub
- superciliousness
- taunt
- unpleasantry
- vilification
- vituperation
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