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n. Law Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.

n. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.

v. To utter a slander about. See Synonyms at malign.

verb-intransitive. To utter or spread slander.

n. a false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement

v. to utter a slanderous statement

n. 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.

n. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.

n. 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.

v. 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.

v. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.

n. A cause of stumbling or offense; a stumbling-block; offense.

n. Reproach; disgrace; shame; scandal.

n. Ill fame; bad name or repute.

n. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, and intended or tending to injure the good name and reputation of another: as, a wicked and spiteful slander; specifically, in law, oral defamation published without legal excuse (Cooley).

n. The fabrication or uttering of such false reports; aspersion; defamation; detraction: as, to be given to slander.

To be a stumbling-block to; give offense to; offend.

To discredit; disgrace; dishonor.

To speak ill of; defame; calumniate; disparage.

Specifically In law, to utter false and injurious tales or reports regarding; injure or tarnish the good name and reputation of, by false tales maliciously told or propagated. See slander, n., 4, and compare libel.

To reproach; charge: with with.

Synonyms Defame, Calumniate, etc. See asperse.

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

n. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

n. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

"To reduce damage from online slander and insults, the government will include ¡°cyber slander¡± as a charge subject to harsher criminal punishment than general slander in a law on the promotion and protection of communication and information."

slandered    slandering    slanders   

attack   

slander of title    defamation   

defamation   

disgrace    reproach    dishonor    opprobrium    asperse    vilify    malign    belie    calumniate    defame   

Alexander    Leander    Lysander    Sander    Santander    alexander    bander    blander    brander    candor   

calumny    falsehood    libel    ingratitude    blasphemy    treachery    accusation    persecution    insinuations    impertinence