traduce
verb (used with object)
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame.
traducing
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present participleof traduce.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It’s an approach now so mainstream that it’s become an orthodoxy of its own; it’s difficult to think of a writer today, of any genre, who doesn’t congratulate herself for traducing artificial binaries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020
Calling someone a “flirt” isn’t seen as an insult, but in some cases it might serve as a snide sort of traducing.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2020
Yale has been seduced by a $150 million “bells and whistles” student center into traducing the best of what it and Holloway have stood for.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2019
So, wonderfully, traducing Microsoft across the Internet helps Sony, and vice versa.
From Forbes ● Nov. 5, 2013
"O Olympia! where do you get such repulsive ideas of us; who has been traducing us to you?"
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan
