defame 音标拼音: [dɪf'em]
vt . 诽谤,中伤,破坏名誉
诽谤,中伤,破坏名誉
defame v 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
defame }, {
slander }, {
smirch }, {
asperse },
{
denigrate }, {
calumniate }, {
smear }, {
sully }, {
besmirch }]
Defame \
De *
fame "\,
n .
Dishonor . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Defame \
De *
fame "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Defamed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Defaming }.] [
OE .
defamen ,
diffamen ,
from F .
diffamer ,
or OF .
perh .
defamer ,
fr .
L .
diffamare (
cf .
defamatus infamous );
dis - (
in this word confused with de )
fama a report .
See {
Fame }.]
1 .
To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of ;
to disgrace ;
especially ,
to speak evil of maliciously ;
to dishonor by slanderous reports ;
to calumniate ;
to asperse .
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2 .
To render infamous ;
to bring into disrepute .
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My guilt thy growing virtues did defame ;
My blackness blotted thy unblemish '
d name . --
Dryden .
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3 .
To charge ;
to accuse . [
R .]
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Rebecca is . . .
defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight . --
Sir W .
Scott .
Syn :
To asperse ;
slander ;
calumniate ;
vilify .
See {
Asperse }.
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
defame ":
asperse ,
attaint ,
bad -
mouth ,
belie ,
bespatter ,
blacken ,
blot ,
blow upon ,
brand ,
calumniate ,
cast aspersions on ,
cast reflections on ,
censure ,
defile ,
denigrate ,
disapprove ,
disparage ,
expose ,
expose to infamy ,
gibbet ,
hang in effigy ,
libel ,
malign ,
misrepresent ,
pillory ,
reprimand ,
scandalize ,
slander ,
slur ,
smear ,
soil ,
stain ,
stigmatize ,
sully ,
taint ,
tarnish ,
throw mud at ,
traduce ,
vilify
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