slander

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., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.
To utter a slander about. See synonyms at malign.

v.intr.
To utter or spread slander.

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

slanderer slan'der·er n.
slanderous slan'der·ous adj.
slanderously slan'der·ous·ly adv.

To engage in defamation orally; spoken words that tend to damage another's reputation. If defamatory meaning is apparent on the face of the statement, it is said to be slanderous per se. If the defamatory meaning is not self-evident, but arises only from extrinsic facts, the statement is slanderous per quod. See also Libel.

noun

The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone: aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, scandal, traducement, vilification. Law libel. See attack/defend, crimes, law.

verb

To make defamatory statements about: asperse, backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slur, tear down, traduce, vilify. Law libel. Idioms: cast aspersions on. See attack/defend, crimes, law.

n

Definition: scandalous remark
Antonyms: acclamation, glorification, nicety, praise

v

Definition: make a scandalous remark
Antonyms: acclaim, flatter, glorify, praise

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n

Oral defamation; the saying of false and malicious words about another, resulting in injury to his or her reputation.

IN BRIEF: To make false oral statements about another.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you. — Mark Twain (1835-1910).

Quotes:

"Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible." - Joseph Addison

"In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person." - George Bancroft

"Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens." - St. Bernard

"Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you." - Ambrose Bierce

"I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances." - Benjamin Franklin

"A generous confession disarms slander." - Thomas Fuller

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagvaskelse, bagtalelse
v. tr. - bagvaske, bagtale
v. intr. - bagtale, bagvaske

Nederlands (Dutch)
belasteren, lasteren, laster, belastering, smaad

Français (French)
n. - calomnie, diffamation, (Jur) diffamation orale
v. tr. - (gén) calomnier, (Jur) diffamer
v. intr. - (gén) calomnier, (Jur) diffamer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verleumdung
v. - verleumden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (συκοφαντική) δυσφήμηση, συκοφαντία, διασυρμός
v. - διαβάλλω, (κατα)συκοφαντώ, διασύρω

Italiano (Italian)
calunniare, calunnia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - calúnia (f), injúria (f), difamação (f)
v. - injuriar, caluniar, difamar

Русский (Russian)
клевета, злословие, устная клевета, злословить, порочить, клеветать и оскорблять устно

Español (Spanish)
n. - afrenta, ultraje, calumnia, difamación
v. tr. - calumniar, difamar, denigrar
v. intr. - proferir calumnias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förtal, skvaller, baktaleri
v. - förtala, baktala

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诽谤, 造谣中伤, 诋毁, 诽谤罪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 誹謗, 造謠中傷, 詆毀, 誹謗罪
v. tr. - 誹謗, 造謠中傷, 詆毀
v. intr. - 誹謗, 詆毀

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중상, 구두 비난, 명예 훼손
v. tr. - 비방하다, 명예를 훼손하다
v. intr. - 중상하다, 명예를 훼손하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 悪口, 中傷, 名誉毀損
v. - 悪口を言う, 中傷する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أفتراء, تشويه ألسمعه, قذف (فعل) يفتري على, يشه ألسمعه, يقذف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דיבה, השמצה, לעז, שם רע‬
v. tr. - ‮הוציא דיבה, השמיץ‬
v. intr. - ‮הפיץ דיבה, השמיץ‬

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