verleumden — meaning in English

English meaning

backbite verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
calumniate verb To say false and damaging things about someone.
calumny noun A false claim made to damage someone's good name.
denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
malign verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
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 make slanderous remarks about someone or something; to criticise harshly.
wrong adj Incorrect or not true.

verleumden is used for these senses in English:

backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
calumniate (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
calumny (transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
cast aspersions (idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
denigrate (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
malign (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.