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Slandered

Slander \Slan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slandering.]

  1. 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.
    --Shak.

  2. 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.

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vb. (en-past of: slander)

Usage examples of "slandered".

Pope Alexander being at Tusculum, whither he had been called by the inhabitants, that with his authority he might defend them from the Romans, ambassadors came to him from Henry, king of England, to signify that he was not blamable for the death of Thomas à Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, although public report had slandered him with it.

These assurances, and the proposal with which they were accompanied, induced the Florentines to think Gherardo had been slandered, and that his accuser must be alike weak and treacherous.

Because that devotion was contagious (being an instinctive human reflex), because it weakened the grip of the Yahweh cult, she was slandered, framed, and finally murdered.