Defame

Synonyms for "defame" (181 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Verb(24 words)

besmirch calumniate slander smear asperse denigrate libel malign smirch sully assassinate backbit backbite backbitten badmouth badmouthed befoul belibel besmear besmirched

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besmirches bewray blacken blackened

abuse asperse attaint bad-mouth belie bespatter black blacken

Noun(5 words)

backbites backbiting badmouthing badmouths besmirching

Strong matches (54)

Verb(32 words)

blackens blame blaze blemish blot blur calumniated calumniates calumnychat shitchat shitecloud deface demean demonize demonizes denigrated deprave depreciate detract

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dirty discredit disgrace disparage disparages disrepute dissdrag through the mudforgab foul gossiped impugned

Noun(4 words)

blackguards blackwash calumniating demonizing

blaspheme blast blotblow uponbrand calumniatecast aspersions oncast reflections oncensure decry defile denigrate disapprove disparage exposeexpose to infamygibbethang in effigy

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Verb(42 words)

infamize lampoon libeled libelled maligned maligning maligns misrepresented monsterize muddy reproach revile scandal shit-talk slag slandered slurred smeared smirching spatter

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speak ill ofspot stab stain sulliestalk shittalk shitetalk trashtarnish tarred torch traduce traduced traduces trash-talk unflatter vilified vilifies vilify vilipend villainize wrong

Noun(26 words)

injuring libeling libelling libels maligner mar mudslinging ruins scandalmonger slandering slanders slime slurs smearing smears smutssoil one's reputationsoil phsoil the carpetsoil the product sample

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tar tarnishes tarnishing tars traducing vilifying

insult libel malign misrepresent pillory reprimand scandalize shame slander slur smear soil spate stain stigmatize sully taint tarnishtear downthrow mud at

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traduce vilify

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

accuse charge damage harm

More specific

6 entries

besmirch calumniatecharacter assassinationfalse accusationsmearsmear campaign

Collocations

6 entries

character assassinationdefamation suitdefamatory statementsdefame someonedefame the reputationdefaming rumors

Inflections

3 entries

defamed defames defaming

Derivations

3 entries

defamation defamatory defamer

Sample sentences

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In Thailand it is a criminal offence to defame or insult the king, princes or previous kings. Accusations of lèse-majesté are sometimes supported by the flimsiest or even nonexistent evidence, and those convicted have been sentenced to as much as sixty years in prison.

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Sami didn't want to defame anyone.

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Yanni wanted to defame Rima.

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Amber Heard did not defame Johnny Depp; she was made an example of for being a bitch who stepped out of her place. There was no legal basis for claiming she defamed him.

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