slander

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
• Derivationally related forms:
slanderous
• Hypernyms:
defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement,
hatchet job, speech act
• Hyponyms:
mud
2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
• Syn:
aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration
• Derivationally related forms:
denigrate (for: denigration), defame (for: defamation), slanderous, calumnious (for: calumny), calumniate (for: calumny), asperse (for: aspersion)
• Hypernyms:
attack

II - verb

charge falsely or with malicious intent;
attack the good name and reputation of someone
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
• Syn:
defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate,
smear, sully, besmirch
• Derivationally related forms:
smear (for: smear), calumny (for: calumniate), denigratory (for: denigrate), denigration (for: denigrate), aspersion (for: asperse), smirch (for: smirch), slanderer, defamatory (for: defame), defamation (for: defame), defamer (for: defame)
• Hypernyms:
charge, accuse
• Hyponyms:
assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch