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pomlouvat — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
  • malign verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
  • vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

Senses

pomlouvat is used for these senses in English:

  • backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
  • cast aspersions (idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
  • malign (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
  • vilify (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

backbite — full definition

  1. verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
  2. verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
  3. verb To speak badly of an absent individual.

malign — full definition

  1. verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
  2. adj Evil or harmful in nature or intent.

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