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Slander

noun

/ˈslændər/

Meaning

the action of making false spoken statements damaging to someone's reputation

The action of making false spoken statements damaging to a person's reputation.

The politician sued the newspaper for slander.

He sued the newspaper for slander.

character slander

defamation, libel, calumny, vilification, smear, insult

Entry 1

defamation, libel, calumny, vilification

Entry 2

defamation, libel, smear, insult

praise, commendation, tribute, compliment

Entry 1

praise, commendation, tribute

Entry 2

praise, compliment

malicious slander, spread slander, slander campaign, accuse of slander, sue for slander, slander case

Entry 1

malicious slander, spread slander, slander campaign

Entry 2

accuse of slander, sue for slander, slander case

The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

The ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.

an exchange of diverging or opposite views; a reason or set of reasons given in support of an idea

The state of lacking basic necessities or comforts of life.

A long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.

A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.