Slanderer

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slanderer - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, traducer, vilifier depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something