Definitions of slander [ˈslæn dər]

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Definition of 'slander'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) slander
defamation; calumny.

2. slander
a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report.

3. slander
Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.

4. (v.t.) slander
to utter slander against; defame.

5. (v.i.) slander
to utter or circulate slander.

Etymology: (1250–1300; (n.) ME s(c)laundre < AF esclaundre, OF esclandre, alter. of escandle < LL scandalum; see scandal)

Definition of 'slander'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) slander
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

2. (verb) aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

3. (verb) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

Definition of 'slander'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) slander
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

2. (noun) slander
disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium

3. (noun) slander
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

4. (verb) slander
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

5. (verb) slander
to bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts

Translation of 'slander'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (the act of making) an untrue spoken, not written, statement about a person with the intention of damaging that person's reputation That story about her is nothing but a wicked slander!
Afrikaans: laster	Arabic: إفْتِراء	Bulgarian: клевета
Brazilian: calúnia	Czech: pomluva	German: die Verleumdung
Danish: bagtalelse	Greek: συκοφαντία	Spanish: calumnia, difamación
Estonian: laim, klatð	Farsi: تهمت	Finnish: panettelu
French: calomnie; diffamation	Hebrew: הַשמָצָה	Hindi: मिथ्यापवाद
Croatian: uvredačasti, kleveta	Hungarian: rágalmazás	Indonesian: fitnah
Icelandic: rógur	Italian: calunnia, maldicenza; dif	Japanese: 中傷
Korean: 중상	Lithuanian: šmeižtas	Latvian: neslava; apmelojums
Malay: fitnah	Dutch: laster	Norwegian: baktaling; injurier
Polish: oszczerstwo	Persian: تهمت	Pashto: تور، غندنه: تور لګول، تور
Portuguese: calúnia	Romanian: calomnie; defăimare	Russian: клевета
Slovak: klebeta, ohováranie, uráž	Slovenian: obrekovanje	Serbian: kleveta
Swedish: förtal	Thai: คำพูดให้ร้าย	Turkish: iftira
Taiwanese: 誹謗	Ukrainian: наклеп, лихослів'я	Urdu: کسی کے خلاف جھوٹی افواہ س
Vietnamese: sự vu khống	Chinese: 诽谤
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