Slander
['slɑːndə] or ['slændɚ]
Definition
(noun.) words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another.
Edited by Colin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
(n.) Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
(n.) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
(v. t.) To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
(v. t.) To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Inputed by Joanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh against.
n. Defamation (maliciously uttered), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon.
Inputed by Alan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Asperse, defame, calumniate, vilify, abuse, scandalize, traduce, belittle,blacken
ANT:Praise, laud, honor, vindicate, defend, panegyrize, eulogize, shield, commend
Checker: Rosalind
Definition
n. a false or malicious report: malicious defamation by words spoken: calumny.—v.t. to defame: to calumniate.—n. Slan′derer.—adj. Slan′derous given to or containing slander: calumnious.—adv. Slan′derously.—n. Slan′derousness the state or quality of being slanderous.
Checker: Sumner
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are slandered, is a sign of your untruthful dealings with ignorance. If you slander any one, you will feel the loss of friends through selfishness.
Edited by Candice
Examples
- That was a slander; they were broken to the saddle when I got them and cost nearly twenty dollars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You might as well slander Fred: it comes pretty near to it when you refuse to say you didn't set a slander going. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You slander the young lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I don't want to slander a dead man, sir, I answered. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You will not allow this base newspaper slander to shorten your stay here, Mr. Winkle? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Bruff was not aware of any slander of which I was the object. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have a place to repair to, which will be a secure sanctuary from hateful reminiscences, from unwelcome intrusion--even from falsehood and slander. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- By dint of persuasion, I made him half-define these hints; they amounted to crafty Jesuit-slanders. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I only notice these odious slanders for the sake of declaring that they never had a moment's influence on my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And I am ashamed of you, sir,' said Mrs. Pegler, lastly, 'for your slanders and suspicions. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I am half willing to believe that the celebrated dogs of Constantinople have been misrepresented--slandered. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Natalie