English > defame: 1 sense > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Example | "The journalists have defamed me!""The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
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| Synonyms | slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch |
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| Narrower | assassinate | Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation |
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| badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud | speak unfavorably about |
| libel | Print slanderous statements against |
| Broader | charge, accuse | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
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| Spanish | calumniar, denigrar, difamar, reputación |
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| Catalan | calumniar, denigrar, difamar, indultar, injuriar |
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| Adjectives | defamatory | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue |
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| Nouns | defamation | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
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| defamation | a false / false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| defamer | one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel |
