Found 4 items, similar to slander.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: slander fitnah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: slander cemaran, fitnah, membusukkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: slander slander 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: defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch] slander n 1: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Slander Slander \Slan"der\, n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ??? a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 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.” --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. [1913 Webster] Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) 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. --Burril. [1913 Webster] Slander \Slan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slandering.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] O, do not slander him, for he is kind. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. [1913 Webster] Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse. [1913 Webster]