panetella — meaning in English
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English meaning
- badmouth verb To criticize or speak ill of someone, often unfairly or behind their back.
- bespatter verb To cover something with drops or splashes of a wet or sticky substance.
- defame verb To damage someone's reputation by making false or malicious statements about them.
- slam verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
- slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
- traduce verb To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
- vilify verb To make slanderous remarks about someone or something; to criticise harshly.
Senses
panetella is used for these senses in English:
- badmouth (informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- bespatter (transitive, figuratively) To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.
- cast aspersions (idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
- defame To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]
- slam (transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- traduce (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]
- vilify (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.
bespatter — full definition
- verb To cover something with drops or splashes of a wet or sticky substance.
- verb To make something dirty by splashing it with drops of liquid or mud.
- verb To attack someone's reputation with false or unfair criticism.
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