traduce
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
Origin of traduce
1Other words for traduce
Opposites for traduce
Other words from traduce
- tra·duce·ment, noun
- tra·duc·er, noun
- tra·duc·ing·ly, adverb
- un·tra·duced, adjective
Words Nearby traduce
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How to use traduce in a sentence
traduce him, delegitimize him—and slow economic recovery in hopes that voters will cast a protest vote for the GOP.
The Obama Scandals Are Desperate Measures by the GOP | Robert Shrum | May 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe m.o. is the same: the first and main thing is to traduce and offend liberal sensibility.
Believing that Fitton would traduce him, he sent an agent to England to enter a cross case.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellLet anyone traduce Mrs. Gorman, and Dan was bristling all over like an indignant porcupine.
Grey Town | Gerald Baldwin"I do not stand on ceremony with those who traduce my friends," retorted the Southerner sneeringly.
A Dream of Empire | William Henry Venable
Blacken my name, traduce my motives,—let her believe them levity or perfidy, what you will.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonAnd this is the law of God, whom you pretend to worship, while you denounce and traduce us for respecting it.
British Dictionary definitions for traduce
/ (trəˈdjuːs) /
(tr) to speak badly of
Origin of traduce
1Derived forms of traduce
- traducement, noun
- traducer, noun
- traducible, adjective
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