Slandernoun
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Traduceverb
(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
Slanderverb
To utter a slanderous statement; baselessly speak ill of.
Traduceverb
To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
Slandernoun
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
‘Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting."’; ‘[We] make the careful magistrateThe mark of slander.’;
Traduceverb
To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.
Slandernoun
Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
‘Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb.’;
Traduceverb
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.
Slandernoun
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
Traduceverb
To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.
Slanderverb
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
‘O, do not slander him, for he is kind.’;
Traduceverb
To increase or distribute by propagation.
‘From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth.’;
Slanderverb
To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
‘Tax not so bad a voiceTo slander music any more than once.’;
Traduceverb
To draw away; to seduce.
‘I can forget the weaknessOf the traduced soldiers.’;
Slandernoun
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
Traduceverb
To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
Slandernoun
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Traduceverb
To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.
‘The best stratagem that Satan hath . . . is by traducing the form and manner of them [prayers], to bring them into contempt.’; ‘He had the baseness . . . to traduce me in libel.’;
Slanderverb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;
‘The journalists have defamed me!’; ‘The article in the paper sullied my reputation’;
Traduceverb
speak unfavorably about;
‘She badmouthes her husband everywhere’;
Slandernoun
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
‘he is suing the TV company for slander’;
Slandernoun
a false and malicious spoken statement
‘I've had just about all I can stomach of your slanders’;
Slanderverb
make false and damaging statements about (someone)
‘they were accused of slandering the head of state’;
