Crossword clues for slander
slander
- Calumny
- Throw dirt on
- Bad-mouth
- Put down
- Defamation of a sort
- Give a bad name
- Spoken slur
- The act of defaming
- Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
- Vilification
- Damaging remark
- Malign
- Man's man possibly overlooking current actionable comment
- Malicious spoken statement
- Cuban, perhaps, doesn't open false accusation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slander \Slan"der\, n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ??? a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]
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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.
Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call ``reviling;'' the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call ``slander'', or ``Backbiting.''
--Tillotson.[We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander.
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Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb.
--Shak. (Law) 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.
--Burril.
Slander \Slan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slandering.]
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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.
O, do not slander him, for he is kind.
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To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once.
--Shak.Syn: To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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."
c.1300, from Anglo-French esclaundrer, Old French esclandrer, from esclandre (see slander (n.)). Related: Slandered; slandering; slanderer.
Wiktionary
n. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement. vb. To utter a slanderous statement.
WordNet
n. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration]
Wikipedia
Slander is the fourth studio album by Deathcore band Dr. Acula, released on February 15, 2011.
Slander is a 1957 film drama starring Van Johnson and Ann Blyth.
Slander is a lost 1916 American silent drama film starring Bertha Kalich. It was directed by Will S. Davis was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.
Slander is a false or malicious claim that may harm someone's reputation.
Slander may also refer to:
- Slander of title, which is a species of malicious falsehood relating to real estate
- Slander of goods, which is another species of malicious falsehood
- Slander (1916 film)
- Slander (1956 film), a 1956 film starring Van Johnson
- Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, a 2002 book by Ann Coulter
- Slander (band), a British heavy metal band
- Slander, a picture of Sandro Botticelli
- Slander (album), 2011 album by Dr. Acula
- Slander (musician), an American Trap duo from Los Angeles, California.
Usage examples of "slander".
For this reason one who is in the love of ruling from the love of self thinks nothing of defrauding his neighbor, committing adultery with his wife, slandering him, breathing vengeance on him even to the death, treating him cruelly, and other such deeds.
It was also granted me to perceive that there issued from this enjoyment as from their fountainhead the enjoyments of evils of all kinds, such as adultery, revenge, fraud, slander, and evil-doing in general.
Uncle --I Part from Marcoline and Set Out for Paris--An Amorous Journey Thus freed from the cares which the dreadful slanders of Possano had caused me, I gave myself up to the enjoyment of my fair Venetian, doing all in my power to increase her happiness, as if I had had a premonition that we should soon be separated from one another.
I have heard bruited by the envious that they were, ah, more intimate than boon companions, I take to be political slander?
The one true magical system we do have is the Jewish cabbala, kept alive by a people of enormous courage in the face of slander and persecution.
He did not admire fine wits, good jests or criticism, because it easily turns to slander, and he would laugh at the folly of men reading newspapers which, in his opinion, always lied and constantly repeated the same things.
She did not let go my hands till we got to the corner of their street, when the mother called out to the coachman to stop, not wishing to give her neighbours occasion for slander by stopping in front of their own house.
Voltaire returned once more to his distinguished guests, and enraptured them again by his witty slanders and brilliant conversation.
But General Grant had the good fortune, in great degree denied to his predecessors, to see his political enemies withdraw their unfounded aspersions during his lifetime, to see his calumniators become his personal and official eulogists, practically retracting the slanders and imputations to which they had given loose tongue when the object at stake was his defeat for the Presidency.
For the treasonous speeches he has given, for the slander of our good rulers Elrad Leth and Tassis Gayle, and for his constant refusal to act for the good of Aramoor, Del Lotts will be beheaded.
My first question to Cordiani was in reference to the slander contained in the letter he threatened to deliver to my brother: he answered that it was no slander, for he had been a witness to everything that had taken place in the morning through a hole he had bored in the garret just above your bed, and to which he would apply his eye the moment he knew that I was in your room.
He acknowledged that his letter might be a slander, that he had acted treacherously, and he pledged his honour never to attempt obtaining from me by violence favours which he desired to merit only by the constancy of his love.
I told my friends that it was necessary for me to shew myself, so as to give the lie to all that had been reported about me by slandering tongues.
The young man was delighted to travel, and never had any suspicion of the way in which I had slandered him.
She said that as I had refused her hand she would not run the risk of incurring censure or slander of any kind.