verleumden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- calumniate verb To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- calumny noun A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
- denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- 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 say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
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.
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.
calumniate — full definition
- verb To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- verb To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.