pomluvit — meaning in English

English meaning

• backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
• defame verb To damage someone's reputation by making false or malicious statements about them.
• libel noun A false published statement — written, printed, or pictured — that damages someone's reputation.
• slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
• vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

Senses

pomluvit is used for these senses in English:

• backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
• defame To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]
• 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.

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