slander (redirected from slandering)

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 [ˈslɑːndə]

n

1. (Law) Law

a.  defamation in some transient form, as by spoken words, gestures, etc.

b.  a slanderous statement, etc.

2. any false or defamatory words spoken about a person; calumny

vb

to utter or circulate slander (about)

[via Anglo-French from Old French escandle, from Late Latin scandalum a cause of offence; see scandal]

slanderer  n

slanderous  adj

slanderously  adv

slanderousness  n

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Slander 

1. Slanderers are like flies; they leap over all a man’s good parts to light upon his sores —John Tillotson
2. Slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not strike at it —Josh Billings
3. Slander, like coal, will either dirty your hand or burn it —Russian proverb

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Slander 

hatchet man See CRIMINALITY.

mud-slinging The use of slander, calumny, or malicious gossip to publicly denigrate a person’s character or ability. In its most common usage, mud-slinging (or mud-throwing) refers to the vituperative claims, counter-claims, and accusations which may be employed by one or more candidates in a vicious, no-holds-barred political campaign. The rationale for such tactics is well-stated in the proverbial statement, “If you throw enough dirt, some is sure to stick.”

This sweeping provision, if constitutional and enforceable, would have the effect of eliminating “mud-slinging” in political campaigns, perhaps indeed of revolutionizing campaign methods entirely. (National Municipal Review, 1914)

Mud-slinging is used in various other contexts, most of which involve slanderous comments made about a person who is in the public eye.

A woman in my position must expect to have more mud thrown at her than a less important person. (Florence Marryat, Under the Lilies and Roses, 1884)

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libel, slander - Libel—from Latin libellus, "little book"—must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant "document, written statement."

See also related terms for published.

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

defamation, smear, libel, scandal, misrepresentation, calumny, backbiting, muckraking, obloquy, aspersion, detraction He is now suing the company for slander.
defamation praise, approval, acclaim, tribute, acclamation, laudation

verb

defame, smear, libel, slur, malign, detract, disparage, decry, vilify, traduce, backbite, blacken (someone's) name, calumniate, muckrake He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the politician.
defame approve, praise, acclaim, applaud, compliment, laud, sing the praises of, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean), eulogize

Proverbs
"Throw enough dirt and some will stick"
"Give a dog a bad name and hang him"

Translations

slander [ˈslɑːndəʳ]

A. N (gen) → calumnia f (Jur) → difamación f
they have been spreading slanders about the company → han estado levantando calumnias sobre la empresa
to sue sb for slander → demandar a algn por difamación

B. VT (gen) → calumniar (Jur) → difamar
they have slandered my name/reputation → han deshonrado mi nombre/han manchado mi reputación

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slander [ˈslɑːndə^r]

n → calomnie f (LAW) → diffamation f
to sue sb for slander → attaquer qn en diffamation
a slander on sb → une calomnie contre qn

vt → calomnier (LAW) → diffamer

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slander

n → Verleumdung f

vt → verleumden

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slander [ˈslɑːndəʳ]

1. n → calunnia (Law) → diffamazione f

2. vt → calunniare (Law) → diffamare

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slander

n slander [ˈslaːndə]

(the act of making) an untrue spoken, not written, statement about a person with the intention of damaging that person's reputation That story about her is nothing but a wicked slander! laster إفْتِراء клевета pomluva bagtalelse die Verleumdung συκοφαντία calumnia, difamación laim, klatð تهمت panettelu calomnie; diffamation הַשמָצָה मिथ्यापवाद uvreda časti, kleveta rágalmazás fitnah rógur calunnia, maldicenza; diffamazione 中傷 중상 šmeižtas neslava; apmelojums fitnah laster baktaling; injurier oszczerstwo calúnia calomnie; defăimare клевета klebeta, ohováranie, urážka obrekovanje kleveta förtal คำพูดให้ร้าย iftira 誹謗 наклеп, лихослів'я کسی کے خلاف جھوٹی افواہ سازی sự vu khống 诽谤

v

to make such statements about (a person etc). laster يَفْتَري клеветя pomlouvat, osočit bagtale verleumden συκοφαντώ, διαβάλλω calumniar, difamar laimama تهمت زدن panetella calomnier; diffamer לְהַשמִיץ मिथ्यापवाद करना klevetati, potvoriti koga (meg)rágalmaz memfitnah rægja calunniare; diffamare 中傷する (~ 사람에 대해) 중상하다 šmeižti celt neslavu; apmelot memfitnah belasteren baktale obmawiać caluniar a calomnia; a defăima клеветать ohovoriť, uraziť, osočiť, očierniť obrekovati klevetati förtala, baktala พูดให้ร้าย iftira etmek 中傷 зводити наклеп, паплюжити مفت بدنام کرنا vu khống, vu oan 造谣中伤