slander

English

Alternative forms

• slandre(obsolete)

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishslaundre,sclaundre,fromOld Frenchesclandre,fromEcclesiastical Latinscandalum(“stumbling block, temptation”),fromAncient Greekσκάνδαλον(skándalon,“scandal”).Doubletofscandal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈslɑːndə/,(obsolete)/ˈslandə/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈslændɚ/
• (General Australian)IPA^(key):/ˈslaːndə/,/ˈslændə/
• (New Zealand)IPA^(key):/ˈslaːndə/,/ˈslɛndə/
• Rhymes:-ændə(ɹ),-ɑːndə

Noun

slander(countableanduncountable,pluralslanders)

1. Afalseor unsupported,maliciousstatement(spoken, not written), especially one which isinjuriousto a person'sreputation;the making of such a statement.

Synonyms

• See alsoThesaurus:slander

Antonyms

• glorification(falsely praising statement)

Translations

false or unsupported spoken malicious statement

• Albanian:shpifje(sq)f
• Arabic:تَشْهِيرm(tašhīr),اِفْتِرَاءm(iftirāʔ),بُهْتَان(ar)m(buhtān),سِعَايَةf(siʕāya)
• Armenian:զրպարտություն(hy)(zrpartutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani:böhtan(az),iftira(az)
• Belarusian:паклёпm(pakljóp),намо́ваf(namóva),нагаво́рm(nahavór)
• Bengali:এলজাম(bn)(eljam)
• Bulgarian:клевета́(bg)f(klevetá),ху́ла(bg)f(húla),хула́(bg)f(hulá)
• Catalan:calúmnia(ca)f,injúria(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phỉ báng／Phỉ báng(zh)(huǐbàng),Phỉ báng／Phỉ báng(zh)(fěibàng),Báng／Báng(zh)(bàng),Vu tội／Vu tội(zh)(wūmiè),Lời gièm pha／Lời gièm pha(zh)(chányán),Hãm hại／Hãm hại(zh)(zhòngshāng)

• Cornish:sklanderm
• Czech:pomluva(cs)f,klevetaf
• Danish:bagvaskelsec
• Dutch:laster(nl)m,smaad(nl),lastering(nl)f
• Esperanto:kalumnio
• Finnish:suullinenkunnianloukkaus
• French:diffamation(orale)f,calomnie(orale)f
• Georgian:ცილისწამება(cilisc̣ameba)
• German:(mündliche)Verleumdungf,Lästerungf,Diffamierung(de)f,Schmähung(de)f
• Gothic:𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃f(wajamēreins)
• Greek:συκοφαντία(el)f(sykofantía),διαβολή(el)f(diavolí)

  Ancient:διαβολήf(diabolḗ),βλασφημίαf(blasphēmía)

• Hindi:मानहानि(hi)f(mānhāni),लांछन(hi)m(lāñchan)
• Hungarian:rágalom(hu),rágalmazás(hu)
• Icelandic:rógurm,rógburðurm
• Italian:calunnia(it)f,diffamazione(it)f,maldicenza(it)f,chiacchiera(it)f,diceria(it)f
• Japanese:Hãm hại(ja)(ちゅうしょう, chūshō),Phỉ báng(ja)(ひぼう, hibō),Lời gièm pha(ja)(ざんげん, zangen)
• Kazakh:жала(jala)
• Korean:악담( ác nói )(ko)(akdam),중상( hãm hại )(ko)(jungsang),훼방( phỉ báng )(ko)(hwebang),비방( phỉ báng )(ko)(bibang),손가락질(son'garakjil)
• Kyrgyz:жалаа(ky)(jalaa)
• Latin:calumniaf,blasphēmiaf
• Latvian:apmelošanaf
• Lithuanian:apkalbaf,pljotkaimpl
• Macedonian:клеветаf(kleveta)
• Malay:fitnah(ms)
• Maori:komekome,whakakinokino,tarawau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:bakvaskelse(no)m

• Persian:تُهمَت(phát)(tohmat),اِفتِرا(phát)(efterâ),بُهتان(phát)(bohtân),سِعایَت(phát)(se'âyat)
• Plautdietsch:Lastrunkf
• Polish:oszczerstwo(pl)n,pomówienien,zniesławienie(pl)n
• Portuguese:calúnia(pt)f,injúria(pt)f,aleive(pt)m,aleivosia(pt)f
• Romanian:defăimare(ro)f,calomnie(ro)f
• Russian:клевета́(ru)f(klevetá),злосло́вие(ru)n(zloslóvije),наве́т(ru)m(navét),нагово́р(ru)m(nagovór),хула́(ru)f(xulá),поноше́ние(ru)n(ponošénije),поро́чение(ru)n(poróčenije),ха́янье(ru)n(xájanʹje),поклёп(ru)m(pokljóp)(colloquial),напра́слина(ru)f(napráslina)(colloquial)
• Samogitian:pljotkāmpl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:клѐветаf,о̏бједаf

  Roman:klèveta(sh)f,ȍbjeda(sh)f

• Slovak:ohováranien,hanobenien,klebetaf
• Slovene:klevetaf
• Somali:xan
• Spanish:calumnia(es)f
• Swahili:kashfa(sw)class9
• Swedish:förtal(sv)n
• Tagalog:paninirang-puri
• Tajik:туҳмат(tuhmat),буҳтон(buhton),ифтиро(tg)(iftiro),сиоят(sioyat)
• Telugu:కొండెము(te)(koṇḍemu)
• Turkish:sözeliftira,sözleiftira,şifahiiftira(obsolete),iftira(tr)
• Ukrainian:на́клепm(náklep),по́клепm(póklep),обмо́ваf(obmóva),лихослі́в'яn(lyxoslívʺja)
• Urdu:بُہْتان(bohtān),اِہانَتf(ihānat),سِعایَتf(si'āyat)
• Uzbek:tuhmat(uz),boʻhton(uz),gʻiybat(uz),iftiro(uz)(dated, literary)
• Welsh:athrodm

Verb

slander(third-person singular simple presentslanders,present participleslandering,simple past and past participleslandered)

1. Toutteraslanderousstatement about;baselesslyspeak ill of.
   • 1601,Ben Jonson,Poetaster or The Arraignment:[…],London:[…][R. Bradock]for M[atthew]L[ownes][…],published1602,→OCLC,Act III:

     Tuc[ca].[…]Can thy Author doe it impudently enough?
     Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, inRome.He willſlanderany man that breathes; If he diſguſt him.
     Tucca.I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him:[…]

Synonyms

• defame
• libel(always in writing)
• See alsoThesaurus:defame

Antonyms

• glorify(baselessly speak well of)

Translations

utter a slanderous statement about

• Bengali:এলজাম দেওয়া(elzam deẇa)
• Bulgarian:клеветя(bg)(klevetja)
• Catalan:calumniar(ca),injuriar(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phỉ báng／Phỉ báng(zh)(huǐbàng),Phỉ báng／Phỉ báng(zh)(fěibàng),Hãm hại／Hãm hại(zh)(zhòngshāng),Chửi bới／Chửi bới(dǐhuǐ)

• Cornish:sklandra
• Czech:pomluvit(cs)
• Danish:bagtale
• Dutch:smaden(nl),lasteren(nl)
• Esperanto:kalumnii
• Farefare:dõrɛ
• Finnish:suullisestiloukatajonkunkunniaa
• French:calomnier(fr)verbalement
• Galician:deostar,calumniar,inxuriar
• German:mündlichverleumden,mündlichverunglimpfen,verleumden(de),diffamieren(de),schmähen(de)
• Gothic:𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽(wajamērjan)
• Greek:συκοφαντώ(el)(sykofantó),διαβάλλω(el)(diavállo),διασύρω(el)(diasýro)

  Ancient:διαβάλλω(diabállō),ὄνομαι(ónomai)

• Hungarian:rágalmaz(hu)
• Italian:diffamare(it),infangare(it),infamare(it),denigrare(it),calunniare(it)
• Japanese:Hãm hại する(ja)(chūshō suru),Lời gièm pha する(ja)(zangen suru)
• Korean:갈붙이다(ko)(galbuchida),훼방하다(ko)(hwebanghada),중상하다(ko)(jungsanghada),자훼하다(jahwehada),손가락질하다(son'garakjilhada)
• Luxembourgish:beklaatschen
• Macedonian:клевети(kleveti)
• Maori:tūtara,tarawau,mure
• Moore:rõde,dõde
• Polish:szkalować(pl)
• Portuguese:caluniar(pt),injuriar(pt),difamar(pt)
• Romanian:defăima(ro)
• Russian:клевета́ть(ru)(klevetátʹ),злосло́вить(ru)(zloslóvitʹ),поро́чить(ru)(poróčitʹ),ха́ять(ru)(xájatʹ),хули́ть(ru)(xulítʹ),нагова́ривать(ru)(nagovárivatʹ),очерня́ть(ru)(očernjátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic:càin
• Serbo-Croatian:klevetati(sh)impf,клеветатиimpf
• Spanish:calumniar(es),difamar(es),dejar negro,pelar(es)
• Swedish:baktala(sv),förtala(sv)
• Thai:ใส่ร้าย(sài-ráai),นินทา(th)(nin-taa)
• Welsh:athrodi

See also

• defamation

Anagrams

• darnels,landers,Sandler,Nadlers,snarled,Landers,enlards,Larneds,Randles,Lenards,slandre,relands