злословить — meaning in English

English meaning

• backbite verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
• 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.

Senses

злословить is used for these senses in English:

• backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
• traduce (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]

backbite — full definition

1. verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
2. verb To criticise someone nastily while they aren't there to hear it.
3. verb To talk unkindly about someone who is not present.

slander — full definition

1. noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
2. verb To make a false and damaging spoken statement about someone.

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