traduce

[truh-doos, -dyoos]

verb (used with object)

traduced, traducing 

1. to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame.

   to traduce someone's character.

   Synonyms: disparage, decry, vilify
   Antonyms: praise

traduce

/ trəˈdjuːs /

verb

1. (tr) to speak badly of

Other Word Forms

• traducement noun
• traducer noun
• traducingly adverb
• untraduced adjective
• traducible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of traduce¹

1525–35; < Latin trādūcere, variant of trānsdūcere to transfer, display, expose, equivalent to trāns- trans- + dūcere to lead

Word History and Origins

Origin of traduce¹

C16: from Latin trādūcere to lead over, transmit, disgrace, from _trans- + dūcere to lead

Example Sentences

The first minister said that he and "so many people of colour have been traduced and vilified merely for raising concerns about how some of these debates have been handled".

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He accused senators investigating the UN Oil-for-Food programme of being "cavalier" with justice, saying they had "traduced" his name.

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“The government will in no way traduce or criticize the work of the committee who are doing exactly what Parliament has asked them to do.”

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Ms Forbes says she does not know if seeing a public figure like her being "absolutely traduced" for her views has made them braver or more fearful.

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It’s difficult, she acknowledges, for women “to achieve self-worth” when they have been so often “diminished, traduced, silenced by history.”

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