slander in English

noun

1

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

he is suing the TV network for slander

verb

1

make false and damaging statements about (someone).

they were accused of slandering the head of state

synonyms: defame (someone's character), blacken someone's name, tell lies about, speak ill/evil of, sully someone's reputation, libel, smear, cast aspersions on, spread scandal about, besmirch, tarnish, taint, malign, traduce, vilify, disparage, denigrate, run down, slur, badmouth, dis, trash, derogate

noun

• defamation (of character), character assassination, calumny, libel, scandalmongering, malicious gossip, disparagement, denigration, aspersions, vilification, traducement, obloquy, lie, slur, smear, false accusation, mudslinging, bad-mouthing, smack talk, contumely
• aspersion, defamation, calumny, denigration

verb

• defame (someone's character), blacken someone's name, tell lies about, speak ill/evil of, sully someone's reputation, libel, smear, cast aspersions on, spread scandal about, besmirch, tarnish, taint, malign, traduce, vilify, disparage, denigrate, run down, slur, badmouth, dis, trash, derogate
• smear, smirch, denigrate, calumniate, asperse, sully, defame, besmirch

Use "slander" in a sentence

1. Slander is an actionable offense.

2. 11 Harmful gossip, slander.

3. He does not slander (3)

4. 13 He's suing them for slander.

5. I can sue you for slander.

6. They also slander humans with their tongue.

7. 7 I can sue you for slander.

8. It's not slander if it's true.

9. 11 Alexander got a malignant slander.

10. This is slander, pure and simple.

11. 12 He is being sued for slander .

12. How did “the wicked one” slander God?

13. The speeches were full of vituperation and slander.

14. He does not slander with his tongue. —Ps.

15. 3 a reputation that was besmirched by slander.

16. The doctor is suing his partner for slander.

17. 6 Mr White countercharged Mr Smith with slander.

18. Calumniate definition: to slander Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

19. 5 The doctor is suing his partner for slander.

20. No man should reproach, revile, or slander another man.

21. Slander doth Belie all corners of the world

22. Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

23. ◦ b. the cause of action is libel or slander.

24. 19 The speeches were full of vituperation and slander.

25. 11 Johnson's arguments range from ridiculous to borderline slander.

26. He was found guilty of slander against his employers.

27. 17 Johnson's arguments range from ridiculous to borderline slander.

28. 10 He threatened to go public with the slander.

29. The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

30. To stain; sully: a reputation that was Besmirched by slander

31. 18 Courts in some states treat slander and libel differently.

32. You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.

33. 19 The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

34. Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice. 

35. 20 And that statement is not meant to slander anybody.

36. 8 The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

37. 4 He was found guilty of slander against his employers.

38. To slander or libel: a reputation Bespattered by malicious gossip.

39. Slander is a false, malicious, and defamatory statement about someone.

40. 2 Dr. Bach is now suing the company for slander.

41. Calumniate definition, to make false and malicious statements about; slander

42. The target of the Acrimonious article has sued for slander

43. 9 You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.

44. Blasphemia "a speaking ill, impious speech, slander," from Blasphemein …

45. * Now, once again, some people seem determined to slander the Witnesses.

46. 28 What constitutional considerations apply in cases of libel or slander?

47. Blasphemia "a speaking ill, impious speech, slander," from Blasphemein …

48. 33 synonyms for Aspersion: slander, abuse, smear, censure, slur, reproach, defamation

49. Apt definition, inclined; disposed; given; prone: too Apt to slander others

50. The DA even threatened to prosecute her for theft and slander.