клевета́ть — meaning in English
klevetat
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English meaning
- defame verb To damage someone's reputation by making false or malicious statements about them.
- denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- libel noun A false published statement — written, printed, or pictured — that damages someone's reputation.
- 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.
- vilipend verb To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
клевета́ть is used for these senses in English:
- defame To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. [from 4th c.]
- denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- traduce (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]
- vilipend (transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.
- wrong To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
denigrate — full definition
- verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- verb To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.