| 单词 | slander |
| 释义 | slander (once / 865 pages) nv If your classmate spreads a false rumor that you cheated on the math test, that's slander. Slander is the act of saying an untrue, negative statement about someone. In law, the word slander is contrasted with libel, which is the act of making a false written statement about someone. The noun slander is from Old French esclandre, escandle, or "scandal," from Late Latin scandalum "stumbling block, offense." WORD FAMILYslander: slandered, slanderer, slandering, slanderous, slanders+/slanderer: slanderers/slanderous: slanderously USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the exact quote is, “Administration should support and defend activist groups by nullifying slander and smear campaign from bigger group.” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Others see a larger effort to slander the basic journalistic function of fact-checking. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) She told the news station she was considering legal action for slander against unnamed individuals. BBC(Dec 13, 2016) 1n words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another Hypo|Hyper mud slanderous remarks or charges calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions speech actthe use of language to perform some act 2n an abusive attack on a person's character or good name Syn|Hyper aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration attack strong criticism 3v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, smear, smirch, sully assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation libelprint slanderous statements against badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traducespeak unfavorably about accuse, charge blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
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