slander

slan·der  (slndr)

n.

1. Law Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.

2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.

v. slan·dered, slan·der·ing, slan·ders

v.tr.

To utter a slander about. See Synonyms at malign.

v.intr.

To utter or spread slander.

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[Middle English slaundre, from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from Latin scandalum, cause of offense, stumbling block; see scandal.]

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slander·er n.

slander·ous adj.

slander·ous·ly adv.

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slander

Noun

1. Law a false and damaging statement about a person

2. the crime of making such a statement

Verb

to utter slander (about) [Old French escandle]

slanderous adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions mud - slanderous remarks or charges speech act - the use of language to perform some act
	2.	slander - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
Verb	1.	slander - 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" asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, smirch, sully, smear accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

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slander

noun 1. defamation, smear, libel, scandal, misrepresentation, calumny, backbiting, muckraking, obloquy, aspersion, detraction << OPPOSITE praise

verb 2. defame, smear, libel, slur, malign, detract, disparage, decry, vilify, traduce, backbite, blacken (someone's) name, calumniate, muckrake << OPPOSITE praise

Translations

slander [ˈslɑːndəʳ] n → calumnia, difamación f

vt → calumniar, difamar

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slander [ˈslɑːndəʳ] n → calomnie f;

(Law) → diffamation f

vt → calomnier; diffamer

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slander [ˈslɑːndəʳ] n (Law) → Verleumdung f;

(insult) → Beleidigung f

vt → verleumden

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slander [ˈslɑːndəʳ] n → calunnia;

(LAW) → diffamazione f

vt → calunniare; diffamare