Definition of slander

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Slander (n.) 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..

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Slanderous :: Slanderous (a.) Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports..
Traducingly :: Traducingly (adv.) In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously.
Backbiting :: Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.
Sclaundre :: Sclaundre (n.) Slander.
Defamation :: Defamation (n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion..
Aspersive :: Aspersive (a.) Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
Disslander :: Disslander (n.) Slander.
Malign :: Malign (a.) To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
Slander :: Slander (n.) 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..
Black-mouthed :: Black-mouthed (a.) Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
Retail :: Retail (n.) To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander..
Foul-spoken :: Foul-spoken (a.) Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language..
Calumniatory :: Calumniatory (a.) Containing calumny; slanderous.
Insinuation :: Insinuation (n.) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations..
Asperse :: Asperse (v. t.) To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character..
Traducent :: Traducent (a.) Slanderous.
Disslander :: Disslander (v. t.) To slander.
Marai :: Marai (n.) A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
Aspersed :: Aspersed (a.) Bespattered; slandered; calumniated.
Defamatory :: Defamatory (a.) Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings..
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