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slan·der 
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| 1. | defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander. |
| 2. | a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name. |
| 3. | Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc. |
| 4. | to utter slander against; defame. |
| 5. | to utter or circulate slander. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; (n.) ME s(c)laundre < AF esclaundre, OF esclandre, alter. of escandle < LL scandalum cause of offense, snare (see scandal); (v.) ME s(c)laundren to cause to lapse morally, bring to disgrace, discredit, defame < OF esclandrer, deriv. of esclandre]
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slan·der·er, noun
slan·der·ing·ly, adverb
slan·der·ous, adjective
slan·der·ous·ly, adverb
slan·der·ous·ness, noun
—Synonyms 4. malign, vilify, revile.
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slander
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v. slan·dered, slan·der·ing, slan·ders v. tr. To utter a slander about. See Synonyms at malign. v. intr. To utter or spread slander. [Middle English slaundre, from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from Latin scandalum, cause of offense, stumbling block; see scandal.] slan'der·er n., slan'der·ous adj., slan'der·ous·ly adv. |
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slander
c.1290, from Anglo-Fr. esclaundre, O.Fr. esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration of escandle "scandal," from L. scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). The verb is attested from c.1300, from O.Fr. esclandrer, from esclandre.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another |
| 2. | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion] |
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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
slander [ˈslaːndə] noun
(the act of making) an untrue spoken, not written, statement about a person with the intention of damaging that person's reputation
Example: That story about her is nothing but a wicked slander!
slander [ˈslaːndə] verbExample: That story about her is nothing but a wicked slander!
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to make such statements about (a person etc)
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Slander
As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. --Heywood. 2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character. With blackest crimes aspersed. --Cowper. Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify. Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the character of another. To asperse is figuratively to cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the imputation of blemishes or faults which render it offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in common the sense of circulating reports to a man's injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying slight faults into serious errors or crimes.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Slander
Dis*claun"der\, v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.] To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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