злословить — meaning in English

English meaning

• backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements 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 make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
2. verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
3. verb To speak badly of an absent individual.

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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