slander
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- slandre (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈslɑːndə/, (obsolete) /ˈslandə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈslændɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈslaːndə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈslaːndə/, /ˈslɛndə/
- Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ), -ɑːndə
Noun edit
slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)
- A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:slander
Antonyms edit
- glorification (falsely praising statement)
Translations edit
false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
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Verb edit
slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)
- To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →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, in Rome. He will ſlander any 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 also Thesaurus:defame
Antonyms edit
- glorify (baselessly speak well of)
Translations edit
utter a slanderous statement about
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