defame

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

charge falsely or with malicious intent;
attack the good name and reputation of someone
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
• Syn:
slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate,
smear, sully, besmirch
• Derivationally related forms:
smear (for: smear), calumny (for: calumniate), denigratory (for: denigrate), denigration (for: denigrate), aspersion (for: asperse), smirch (for: smirch), slander (for: slander), slanderer (for: slander), defamatory, defamation, defamer
• Hypernyms:
charge, accuse
• Hyponyms:
assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch