defame
verb/dɪˈfeɪm/UK
Etymology
Definitions
To disgrace
To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
- My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
To charge
To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.
- Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
To harm or diminish the reputation of
To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.
- to defame somebody
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Disgrace, dishonour.
- And all the sparks that may bring unto flame / Hate betwixt man and wife, or breed defame.
Defamation
Defamation; slander, libel.
Synonym of defamed.
The neighborhood
- synonymassassinate
- synonymasperse
- synonymbackbite
- synonymbadmouth
- synonymbefoul
- synonymbelibel
- synonymbesmirch
- synonymbesmear
- synonymbewray
- synonymblacken
- synonymblame
- synonymblaze
- antonymflatter
- antonympraise
- antonymstand up for
- neighbordefamatory
- neighbordefamation
- neighborderide
- neighborshame
- neighbortattle
- neighborblot one's copy book
- neighbordebase
- neighbordig up dirt
- neighbordish the dirt
- neighborgossip
- neighbortar
- neighbortar and feather
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA