defamed in English

verb

1

damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.

he claimed that the article defamed his family

synonyms: libel, slander, malign, cast aspersions on, smear, traduce, give someone a bad name, run down, speak ill of, vilify, besmirch, stigmatize, disparage, denigrate, discredit, decry, do a hatchet job on, drag through the mud, slur, badmouth, dis, talk smack, calumniate

verb

• libel, slander, malign, cast aspersions on, smear, traduce, give someone a bad name, run down, speak ill of, vilify, besmirch, stigmatize, disparage, denigrate, discredit, decry, do a hatchet job on, drag through the mud, slur, badmouth, dis, talk smack, calumniate
• smear, smirch, denigrate, calumniate, asperse, sully, besmirch, slander

Use "defamed" in a sentence

1. The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.

2. Mr Turnock claimed the editorial had defamed him.

3. The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation.

4. She is suffering the consequences of her actions; she defiled pure worship and defamed God’s name.

5. When being reviled, we bless; when being persecuted, we bear up; when being defamed, we entreat.”

6. Synonyms for Badmouthed include backstabbed, belittled, criticised, criticized, defamed, dissed, disparaged, ran down, run down and slighted

7. He wrote: “When being reviled, we bless; when being persecuted, we bear up; when being defamed, we entreat.”

8. A year later two indigenous people mentioned in the article filed a lawsuit against Diamond and The New Yorker claiming the article defamed them.

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12. Calumniate - 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" asperse, besmirch, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully, smear.

13. Defame, slander, smirch, Asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch (verb) 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"

14. Calumniate v 1: 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, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, Calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]