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Found 3 items, similar to defame.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: defame
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: defame
defame
v : 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” [syn:
slander,
smirch,
asperse,
denigrate,
calumniate,
smear,
sully,
besmirch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Defame
Defame
\De*fame"\, n.
Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Defame
\De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Defamed; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Defaming.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or
OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous);
dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See
Fame.]
1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to
disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to
dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
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2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
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My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.
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3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]
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Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the
person of a noble knight. --Sir W.
Scott.
Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See
Asperse.
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