поро́чить — meaning in English
porochit
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English meaning
- backbite verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
- badmouth verb To criticize or speak ill of someone, often unfairly or behind their back.
- defame verb To damage someone's reputation by making false or malicious statements about them.
- slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
- tarnish noun A dull discoloured film that forms on the surface of a metal, especially one exposed to air.
- vilipend verb To regard someone or something as unimportant or worthless.
Senses
поро́чить is used for these senses in English:
- backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- badmouth (informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- defame To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]
- tarnish (transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
- vilipend (transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.
backbite — full definition
- verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
- verb To criticise someone nastily while they aren't there to hear it.
- verb To talk unkindly about someone who is not present.
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