slander
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- slandre(obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle Englishslaundre,sclaundre,fromOld Frenchesclandre,fromEcclesiastical Latinscandalum(“stumbling block, temptation”),fromAncient Greekσκάνδαλον(skándalon,“scandal”).Doubletofscandal.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/ˈslɑːndə/,(obsolete)/ˈslandə/
Audio(Southern England): (file) - (General American)IPA(key):/ˈslændɚ/
- (General Australian)IPA(key):/ˈslaːndə/,/ˈslændə/
- (New Zealand)IPA(key):/ˈslaːndə/,/ˈslɛndə/
- Rhymes:-ændə(ɹ),-ɑːndə
Noun
[edit]slander(countableanduncountable,pluralslanders)
- Afalseor unsupported,maliciousstatement(spoken, not written), especially one which isinjuriousto a person'sreputation;the making of such a statement.
Synonyms
[edit]- See alsoThesaurus:slander
Antonyms
[edit]- glorification(falsely praising statement)
Translations
[edit]false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Verb
[edit]slander(third-person singular simple presentslanders,present participleslandering,simple past and past participleslandered)
- Toutteraslanderousstatement about;baselesslyspeak ill of;to wrong.
- 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
[edit]- defame
- libel(always in writing)
- See alsoThesaurus:defame
Antonyms
[edit]- glorify(baselessly speak well of)
Translations
[edit]utter a slanderous statement about
See also
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