mustamaalata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
- calumniate verb To say false and damaging things about someone.
- denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
- detract verb To take something away or reduce it.
- discredit verb To damage someone's reputation or make people doubt their honesty.
- disrepute noun A bad reputation, or the state of having lost people's respect.
- slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.
Senses
mustamaalata is used for these senses in English:
- blacken To defame or sully.
- calumniate (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- detract (transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
- discredit (transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).
- disrepute To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
blacken — full definition
- verb To make something black or turn black.
- verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
- verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.
calumniate — full definition
- verb To say false and damaging things about someone.
- verb To accuse someone falsely, often of something vague, in order to harm their reputation.
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