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noun | verb slanderslander1 /ˈslændɚ/ noun [uncountable] ETYMOLOGYslander1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French esclandre, from Late Latin scandalum; ➔ SCANDAL THESAURUS something that you say or write that you know is untrue► lie something that you say or write that you know is untrue: Tina got in trouble for telling lies. Some of the other kids were spreading lies about me at school (=telling lots of people lies about me). ► white lie a small lie that you tell someone, usually to avoid hurting his or her feelings: I told her the dress looked wonderful, which was a white lie. ► fib informal a lie, especially about something that is not very important: You’re not telling me a fib, are you? ► falsehood formal falsehood means the same as lie but sounds more formal or literary: The book is full of falsehoods and rumors even though the author claims everything is true. ► fabrication formal a story, piece of information, etc. that someone makes up in order to deceive people: Her story was a complete fabrication. ► slander formal the crime of saying something that is bad and not true about someone, which could make people have a bad opinion of that person: If she continues to spread these lies about me, I will take her to court for slander. ► libel formal the crime of writing or printing things about someone that are not true: The actor will sue you for libel if you write that he took drugs and you have no proof. ► perjury formal the crime of telling a lie in a court of law when you have promised to tell the truth: The witness has been charged with perjury because she knowingly lied to the jury. 1false spoken statements about someone that are intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person ► see thesaurus at lie32the crime of making false spoken statements of this kind → libel—slanderer noun [countable] noun | verb slanderslander2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEslander |
Present | I, you, we, they | slander | | he, she, it | slanders | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slandered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slandered | | he, she, it | has slandered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slandered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slander | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slandered |
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Present | I | am slandering | | he, she, it | is slandering | | you, we, they | are slandering | Past | I, he, she, it | was slandering | | you, we, they | were slandering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slandering | | he, she, it | has been slandering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slandering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slandering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slandering |
to say untrue things about someone in order to damage other people’s good opinion of him or her → libel |