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Meanings of defame in English

Portuguese
denegrir
Catalan
denigrar

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.

      denegrir
      Usage of defame in English
      1
      Nor is there any attempt here to defame or injure any section.
      A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions o...
      2
      To have your letter intercepted, rival enemies are working to defame you.
      Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
      3
      They accused foreign forces in Afghanistan of orchestrating it to defame the Taliban.
      Reuters
      4
      We are outcasts from Deity; therefore we defame the place of our exile.
      AE in the Irish Theosophist
      5
      He seemed to like to defame men whom the people loved and honored.
      Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
      6
      It is easy to defame a person who is safely dead.
      The Irish Times
      7
      My employment has been an honorable one, and no man can defame it.
      Princess Zara
      8
      Don't defame the fair name of your city and state, sir!
      All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
      9
      They only try to defame us, said a Taliban spokesman.
      Reuters
      10
      Justice Toogood found that Slater did defame Craig, by making untrue statements about him.
      Radio NZ
      11
      Frequently the subject of slander, he was not a victim of conspiracy to defame.
      Selections from Poe
      12
      He would, if necessary to get his name in print, defame his own parents.
      The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
      13
      The mother said she had never heard or seen her son defame the crown.
      The Guardian
      14
      They defame one another, and mutually treat each other as impostors and false teachers.
      Good Sense
      15
      A beneficiary who will defame a bounteous benefactor is unworthy of his good fortune.
      The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?
      16
      You would darkly slander him whom you cannot openly defame.
      Ernest Maltravers — Volume 08
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