defame
to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
Archaic. to disgrace; bring dishonor upon.
Archaic. to accuse.
Origin of defame
1Other words for defame
Other words from defame
- de·fam·er, noun
- de·fam·ing·ly, adverb
- un·de·famed, adjective
- un·de·fam·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with defame
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How to use defame in a sentence
Murderer, lunatic, and defamer of Islam will certainly be listed in his obituaries.
As a defamer of the market at the height of its fascist mania, I had rendered myself an enemy of the people.
I defy the ingenuity of man to show that Mr. Hastings is not the defamer of the service.
As an index of public sentiment in the community where the defamed and the defamer resided, I will state two facts.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? | John B. RemsburgThe courts cannot protect from its venom, and to kill a defamer and a falsifier is not yet adjudged as legalized slaughter.
Rosemary and Rue | Amber
Hereafter you will stand in the pillory of history as a defamer—a calumniator of the dead.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollTherefore has her latest and greatest defamer, Maeterlinck, branded her as ungrateful and perfidious.
Americans and Others | Agnes Repplier
British Dictionary definitions for defame
/ (dɪˈfeɪm) /
to attack the good name or reputation of; slander; libel
archaic to indict or accuse
Origin of defame
1Derived forms of defame
- defamer, noun
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