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Synonyms for defame
dɪˈfeɪmde·fame
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
defame
Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by "reasonable wear," though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy," Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.
Synonyms:
abuse, aggrieve, damage, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misemploy, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, ruin, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrongAntonyms:
applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate
Princeton's WordNet
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb
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"
Synonyms:
besmirch, smudge, asperse, maculate, taint, smear, smutch, calumniate, tarnish, denigrate, minimize, slander, blur, defile, sully, stain, daub, smirch, corrupt, belittle, cloud, derogate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
defameverb
Synonyms:
calumniate, malign, vilify, lampoon, vituperate, slander
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1673 | wrong | |
| #2225 | abuse | |
| #2266 | damage | |
| #5621 | cloud | |
| #6159 | harm | |
| #7843 | minimize | |
| #11969 | corrupt | |
| #12545 | stain | |
| #12746 | violate | |
| #14038 | misuse | |
| #14164 | ruin | |
| #17984 | blur | |
| #22663 | smear | |
| #28024 | prostitute | |
| #33274 | slander | |
| #34306 | injure | |
| #34734 | pervert | |
| #41477 | sully | |
| #42903 | reproach | |
| #46613 | taint | |
| #49676 | smudge | |
| #51950 | tarnish | |
| #65039 | persecute | |
| #66795 | oppress | |
| #72172 | malign | |
| #73765 | defame | |
| #74328 | belittle | |
| #78097 | defile | |
| #84156 | disparage | |
| #85386 | molest | |
| #86920 | denigrate | |
| #107326 | defamed | |
| #113170 | daub | |
| #141077 | vilify | |
| #144647 | derogate | |
| #148587 | revile | |
| #151654 | ravish | |
| #164852 | victimize | |
| #225345 | besmirch | |
| #317019 | maltreat |
How to use defame in a sentence?
GSAN:
Mature human do not denigrate (defame) or cherist (praise) an idea in order to feed personal worthwhile.
The trendof using blasphemy as a tool to silence people is something the state must look at. People who defame others should not get away so easily. It has very serious consequences on people’s lives.
This was a mistake. In no way whatsoever would we want to defame God or go anywhere in that direction at the school.
I didn't say he defamed me. He did defame me. He lied about me.
The best of men is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
Translations for defame
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- хуля, клеветя, позоряBulgarian
- pomluvitCzech
- diffamierenGerman
- reputación, difamarSpanish
- herjata, panetellaFinnish
- æruskemmaFaroese
- diffamerFrench
- השמיץHebrew
- memfitnahIndonesian
- oro, tūtaraMāori
- defăimaRomanian
- поноси́ть, хули́ть, позо́рить, поро́чить, клевета́тьRussian
- клеветатиSerbo-Croatian
- diskreditera, ärekränka, förtala, smutskasta, baktalaSwedish
- หมิ่นประมาทThai
- nói xấuVietnamese
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