Defames - English meaning

Defames – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.
Usage examples:
He claimed that the article defamed his family
Synonims:
Libel Slander Malign Cast aspersions on Smear Traduce Blacken the name/character of Give someone a bad name Defame someone's character Sully someone's reputation Run down Speak ill/evil of Ba

verb
To damage someone’s or something’s reputation by saying or writing bad things that are not true
Usage examples:
He was behind the propaganda campaign to defame his political opponent.

verb
To harm someone's reputation by saying or writing bad things about them
Usage examples:
It is possible to defame a company as companies are considered to have a legal 'personality'.

Defames translation into English

Defames: translate from English into Chinese

诽谤, 诋毁, 丑化, 抹黑, 诋, 毁, 谗, 谤

Defames: translate from English into Dutch

Belastert, Belasteren, Smaden, Onteren, Lasteren

Defames: translate from English into French

Diffame, Diffamer, Calomnier, Souiller

Defames: translate from English into German

Diffamiert, Diffamieren, Verleumden, Entehren

Defames: translate from English into Hindi

उनकी मानहानि, मानहानि करना, अपवाद करना, बदनामी लगाना, अपयश करना, आक्षेप करना, निन्दा करना, तिरस्कार करना, गलियां देना, गाली देना

Defames: translate from English into Italian

Diffama, Diffamare, Calunniare, Infamare

Defames: translate from English into Korean

명예를 훼손하다, 중상하다

Defames: translate from English into Russian

Порочит, Порочить, Клеветать, Поносить, Позорить, Ошельмовать, Бесчестить, Опорочивать

Defames: translate from English into Spanish

Difama, Difamar, Calumniar, Infamar

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French diffamer, from Latin diffamare ‘spread evil report’, from dis- (expressing removal) + fama ‘report’.

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Defames – similar words

defamed

verb
Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.
Usage examples:
He claimed that the article defamed his family

verb
Past simple and past participle of defame
Usage examples:
Mr turnock claimed the editorial had defamed him.

Defamed - all meanings in English

defame

verb
Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.
Usage examples:
He claimed that the article defamed his family

verb
To damage someone’s or something’s reputation by saying or writing bad things that are not true
Usage examples:
He was behind the propaganda campaign to defame his political opponent.

verb
To harm someone's reputation by saying or writing bad things about them
Usage examples:
It is possible to defame a company as companies are considered to have a legal 'personality'.

Defame - all meanings in English

defamations

noun
The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
Usage examples:
She sued him for defamation

Defamations - all meanings in English

defamation

noun
The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
Usage examples:
She sued him for defamation

Defamation - all meanings in English

Defames synonims

ba

ˈbɛːrɪəm

noun
(in ancient egypt) the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. it was typically represented as a human-headed bird.
Usage examples:
The ba is everything other than the body that makes a person an individual.

abbreviation
Bachelor of arts.
Usage examples:
David brown, ba

noun
The chemical element of atomic number 56, a soft white reactive metal of the alkaline earth group.

Ba - all meanings in English

libel

noun
A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
Usage examples:
He was found guilty of a libel on a liverpool inspector of taxes

verb
Defame (someone) by publishing a libel.
Usage examples:
The jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper

noun
A piece of writing that says bad, false, and harmful things about a person, or the legal claim you make when you accuse someone in court of writing such things about you
Usage examples:
[ c ] the whole story was a vicious libel., [ u ] angry at what the newspaper had printed, she sued…

Libel - all meanings in English

malign

adjective
Evil in nature or effect.
Usage examples:
She had a strong and malign influence

verb
Speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.
Usage examples:
Don't you dare malign her in my presence

verb
To say things about someone or something that are harmful and usually not true
Usage examples:
He said he had been unfairly maligned by a few board members who wanted him fired.

Malign - all meanings in English

slander

noun
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
Usage examples:
He is suing the tv company for slander

verb
Make false and damaging statements about (someone).
Usage examples:
They were accused of slandering the head of state

noun
A false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation, or the making of such a statement
Usage examples:
[ u ] political campaigns are full of shameless slander., her statement was not meant to slander an…

Slander - all meanings in English

smear

verb
Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.
Usage examples:
His face was smeared with dirt

noun
A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.
Usage examples:
There was an oil smear on his jacket

verb
Smudge or soil by smudging

Smear - all meanings in English

traduce

verb
Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.
Usage examples:
It was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him

verb
To strongly criticize someone, especially in a way that harms their reputation

Traduce - all meanings in English

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