Defame
11defame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. traduce, vilify, revile, calumniate, asperse, abuse, malign, slander. See disrepute, detraction. Ant., praise, extol. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. traduce, besmirch, malign; see slander . III (Roget s 3 …
12defame — [14] The main source of defame (originally, in Middle English, diffame) is Old French diffamer, which came from Latin diffāmāre ‘spread damaging rumours about’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis , denoting ‘ruination’, and fāma ‘report,… …
13defame — [14] The main source of defame (originally, in Middle English, diffame) is Old French diffamer, which came from Latin diffāmāre ‘spread damaging rumours about’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis , denoting ‘ruination’, and fāma ‘report,… …
14defame by a published writing — index libel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15defame — transitive verb (defamed; defaming) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Medieval Latin; Anglo French deffamer, diffamer, from Medieval Latin defamare, alteration of Latin diffamare, from dis + fama reputation, fame Date: 14th century 1 …
16defame — defamer, n. defamingly, adv. /di faym /, v.t., defamed, defaming. 1. to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed… …
17defame — verb a) to try to diminish the reputation of. b) to publish a libel about. See Also: defamatory, defamation …
18defame — Synonyms and related words: asperse, attaint, bad mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove, disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet,… …
19defame — de|fame [dıˈfeım] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: deffamer, from Latin fama; FAME] to write or say bad or untrue things about someone or something, so that people will have a bad opinion of them >defamatory [dıˈfæmətəri US to:ri] …
20defame — de|fame [ dı feım ] verb transitive FORMAL to say or write something bad about someone that is not true and makes other people have a bad opinion of them …
