slander
defamation; calumny: The accusations are based on hearsay, rumor, or intentional slander, and remain undocumented and unproved.
a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: The writer is spewing a despicable slander against an 87-year-old man, and without a shred of proof.
Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.: The plaintiff amended his complaint to add a count of slander arising from the statements made at the board meetings.: Compare libel (def. 1a).
to utter slander against; defame: Both parties tried to concentrate on public policy issues in their campaigns, rather than slandering their political opponents.
to utter or circulate slander: They could find no skeletons in my closet, so their only option was to lie and slander.
Origin of slander
1confusables note For slander
Other words for slander
Other words from slander
- slan·der·er, noun
- slan·der·ing·ly, adverb
- slan·der·ous, adjective
- out·slan·der, verb (used with object)
- re·slan·der, verb (used with object)
- un·slan·dered, adjective
Words that may be confused with slander
- 1. calumny, defamation, libel, slander (see confusables note at the current entry)
- 2. defame, libel, slander
Words Nearby slander
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How to use slander in a sentence
Neither Dean, nor the article, slanders or attacks Ahrefs as being an inferior tool.
Ahrefs mentions vanishing from Semrush-owned Backlinko | Danny Goodwin | July 18, 2022 | Search Engine LandQueen Noor Al Hussein, Hamzah’s American-born mother and a stepmother to the king, tweeted on Sunday that “truth and justice will prevail for all the innocent victims of this wicked slander.”
I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail.
Evan Rachel Wood names Marilyn Manson in abuse allegations: ‘I am done living in fear of retaliation’ | Sonia Rao | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostThat Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
But none of this stops Kennedy from trafficking in slander and nonsense.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Twisted Anti-Vaxx History | Russell Saunders | July 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Martyrdom, in this context, being defined as “mockery, slander, ostracism.”
‘Persecuted’ Is the Christian Right’s Paranoid Wet Dream | Candida Moss | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTObviously, a federal judge so inclined could very easily find that the offensive name constitutes fighting words or slander.
So Redskins Sponsor FedEx Is OK With That Racist Team Name, Too? | Michael Tomasky | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlinejad spoke with IranWire about the slander and how she plans to fight it.
Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.
As the actions of slander and libel have been described, only two others require notice, mandamus and quo warranto.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe Queen makes a long speech, expressing her deep grief at the calumnies and slander that beset her.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerBut if so—what an amazing and incredible thing was the mesh of slander and falsehood in which he had been entangled!
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for slander
/ (ˈslɑːndə) /
law
defamation in some transient form, as by spoken words, gestures, etc
a slanderous statement, etc
any false or defamatory words spoken about a person; calumny
to utter or circulate slander (about)
Origin of slander
1Derived forms of slander
- slanderer, noun
- slanderous, adjective
- slanderously, adverb
- slanderousness, noun
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