Word Meaning

Meaning of "slander" and the crossword clue

- Asperse
- Besmirch good name of
- Calumny
- Defamation
- Defamatory comments cause islander to lose head
- Snarled about defamation of the verbal kind
- 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.
- Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
- 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.
- 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.
- To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.