Add to my words Add to my words Pronounce Traducing Pronounce Traducing Traducing – definitions in English dictionary Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.
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It was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him
Present participle of
traduce
Traducing translation into English Traducing: translate from English into Chinese Traducing: translate from English into Dutch Traduceren, Belasteren, Lasteren, Kwaadspreken
Traducing: translate from English into French Traduire, Calomnier, Diffamer, Violer
Traducing: translate from English into German Traducing: translate from English into Hindi व्यापार, बदनाम करना, कलंक लगाना, कान भरना
Traducing: translate from English into Italian Tradire, Calunniare, Diffamare
Traducing: translate from English into Korean Traducing: translate from English into Russian Обман, Злословить, Клеветать
Traducing: translate from English into Spanish Traduciendo, Difamar, Vituperar
Word origin
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘transport, transmit’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule’, from trans- ‘over, across’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
Traducing – similar words
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
Past simple and past participle of
traduce
Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.
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It was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him
To strongly criticize someone, especially in a way that harms their reputation
Traducing synonims
To react angrily, especially to someone who has done something unpleasant to you
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A youth club has bitten back at vandals by covering its roof with razor-sharp security wire.
Damage (someone's reputation).
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He had besmirched the good name of his family
Make false and defamatory statements about.
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He has been calumniating the crown
To make statements about someone that are not true and that are damaging to their reputation
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He has tried to calumniate and destroy everyone whose opinions differ from his.
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They decried human rights abuses
To publicly criticize something as being undesirable or harmful
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Mitchell decried the high rate of unemployment in the state.
Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.
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He claimed that the article defamed his family
To damage someone’s or something’s reputation by saying or writing bad things that are not true
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He was behind the propaganda campaign to defame his political opponent.
To harm someone's reputation by saying or writing bad things about them
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It is possible to defame a company as companies are considered to have a legal 'personality'.
Criticize unfairly; disparage.
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Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country
To say that someone or something is not good or important
A state of shame or disgrace.
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They have brought dishonour upon our family
Bring shame or disgrace on.
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The ceremony was undertaken if a pupil had done something to dishonour the school
If a bank dishonours a cheque, it refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account of the person who has written the cheque
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The bank of australia reversed its decision to raise fees for dishonored checks., the government ha…
Regard or represent as being of little worth.
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He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors
To criticize someone or something in a way that shows a lack of respect
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He disparages his business competitors, saying they are all a bunch of amateurs compared to him., m…
Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question.
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The father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother
Evil in nature or effect.
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She had a strong and malign influence
Speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.
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Don't you dare malign her in my presence
To say things about someone or something that are harmful and usually not true
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He said he had been unfairly maligned by a few board members who wanted him fired.
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of.
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You are misrepresenting what i said
To represent something or someone falsely, often in order to obtain an advantage
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He misrepresented facts about his legal experience on his application.
To give false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage
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She believes that the defendant's lawyers misrepresented the situation., be misrepresented (by sb/i…
Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
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He was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
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He is suing the tv company for slander
Make false and damaging statements about (someone).
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They were accused of slandering the head of state
A false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation, or the making of such a statement
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[ u ] political campaigns are full of shameless slander., her statement was not meant to slander an…
Speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another.
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He was slurring his words like a drunk
An insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation.
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The comments were a slur on staff at the hospital
To pronounce the sounds of a word in a way that is wrong or not clear
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Her speech was slurred but she still denied she was drunk.
Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.
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His face was smeared with dirt
A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.
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There was an oil smear on his jacket
Smudge or soil by smudging
Damage the purity or integrity of.
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They were outraged that anyone should sully their good name
To spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation
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His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos., no speck of dirt …
Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
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He has been vilified in the press
To say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of that person or thing
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He claimed he was unfairly vilified by the press.
