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Antonyms for slander
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : slan-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈslæn dər |
Definition of slander
Origin :- late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c.1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration ("with interloping l" [Century Dictionary]) of escandle, escandre "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). From late 14c. as "bad situation, evil action; a person causing such a state of affairs."
- noun scandalous remark
- verb make a scandalous remark
- I shall be good friends with her, when you are no longer here to slander me to her.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It was a slander, they could not, they would not believe it.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- He tould me your honour—which is a slander, as we all here can witness, can't we?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- We should not so slander the author of the Shakespearean plays.
- Extract from : « Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems » by Jesse Johnson
- Life is too brief to spend much thought on taunts or slander.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- She didn't deserve one word of it, and it was your lies that made me slander her.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- But to say that Rossetti felt the slander does not express his sense of it.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
- Why,” he added with impatience, “it lays me wide open to suspicion and slander.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Now established love, it is well known, thrives wondrously on slander.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- Slander nips it like a frost; in deadliness it is second only to ridicule.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for slander
- asperse
- aspersion
- assail
- attack
- backbite
- backbiting
- backstabbing
- bad-mouth
- belie
- belittle
- belittlement
- besmirch
- black eye
- blacken name
- blaspheme
- blister
- blot
- calumniate
- calumny
- cast a slur on
- curse
- damage
- decry
- defamation
- defame
- defile
- denigrate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- derogate
- detract
- detraction
- dirt
- dirty linen
- dishonor
- disparage
- disparagement
- give a bad name
- hit
- hurt
- injure
- libel
- lie
- malign
- misrepresentation
- muckrake
- muckraking
- mud
- mud-slinging
- obloquy
- pan
- plaster
- rap
- revile
- roast
- run smear campaign
- scandal
- scandalize
- scorch
- slam
- slime
- sling mud
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- sneer
- strumpet
- sully
- tale
- tarnish
- tear down
- traduce
- vilify
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