slander
noun
[ ˈslɑːndə ]
• the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
• "he is suing the TV company for slander"
Similar:
defamation,
defamation of character,
character assassination,
misrepresentation of character,
calumny,
libel,
scandalmongering,
malicious gossip,
muckraking,
smear campaigning,
disparagement,
denigration,
derogation,
aspersions,
vilification,
traducement,
obloquy,
backbiting,
scurrility,
lie,
slur,
smear,
untruth,
false accusation,
false report,
insult,
slight,
mud-slinging,
bad-mouthing,
contumely,
slander
verb
• make false and damaging statements about (someone).
• "they were accused of slandering the head of state"
Similar:
defame,
defame someone's character,
blacken someone's name,
give someone a bad name,
tell lies about,
speak ill/evil of,
drag through the mud/mire,
throw/sling/fling mud at,
sully someone's reputation,
libel,
smear,
run a smear campaign against,
cast aspersions on,
spread scandal about,
besmirch,
tarnish,
taint,
misrepresent,
malign,
traduce,
vilify,
calumniate,
disparage,
denigrate,
decry,
run down,
slur,
do a hatchet job on,
derogate,
asperse,
vilipend,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum (see scandal).
