diffamer — meaning in English
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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.
- diss verb To insult someone or show them disrespect, especially through words.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- traduce verb To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
- vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
Senses
diffamer is used for these senses in English:
- backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- diss (slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
- smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- traduce (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]
- vilify (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
backbite — full definition
- verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- verb To speak badly of an absent individual.