Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
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Examples for "slander"
Examples for "slander"
1It is a slander upon their memory, at least, so I believe.
2Subsequently, the play and film Amadeus gave mass circulation to the slander.
3They hear the language of flattery, but not the tongue of slander.
4Pepin mutters a residue of slander in tones that quiver with malice-
5Shortly after the interview was released, Danilkin described its contents as slander.
1China has since sought to sully her reputation and undermine her claims.
2The judge publicly admonished Felder for his attempts to sully Minnelli's reputation.
3It was forbidden to sully their royal bloodlines by producing mud children.
4And Force would never sully his hands with that sort of behaviour.
5Not even Communism can sully the Caribbean or dim the tropical sunshine.
1For example, it's routine marketing practice for homeopaths to denigrate mainstream medicine.
2It's a Chinese principle to contribute to, and not denigrate, potential markets.
3None of that, of course, is to denigrate Eric and his ability.
4By seeking to ban and re-route loyalist parades and denigrate our culture.
5This is not to denigrate the former in favour of the latter.
1Nor is there any attempt here to defame or injure any section.
2To have your letter intercepted, rival enemies are working to defame you.
3They accused foreign forces in Afghanistan of orchestrating it to defame the Taliban.
4We are outcasts from Deity; therefore we defame the place of our exile.
5He seemed to like to defame men whom the people loved and honored.
1In fact, she may rise out of her grave to calumniate me.
2He would not calumniate those, he said, who counselled trust in God.
3Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you.
4You do more, under the pretext of unmasking yourself, you calumniate yourself.
5Who shall praise or honour princes who insult and calumniate each other?
1Why besmirch with murder foul the noble shade of that renowned chief?
2The whole Russia line was a ruse to besmirch Trump and help Clinton.
3The letter which would besmirch my name, dishonour and disgrace it for ever!
4The Long Summer will come again before that one would besmirch his precious honor.
5After all, why besmirch someone who may yet be innocent?
1Herbal waters can also be used to asperse or anoint people or places.
2You have presumed to asperse the good name of the Countess de Soissons.
3Who would dare to asperse the character of this perfect, lovely, and intellectual schoolmistress?
4And to think, mother, that they shall asperse his name!
5As you asperse the area, you may wish to say something to the effect of:
1It's a weapon that no self-respecting man should smirch his hands with.
2For many of them it will smirch us forever.... You DO understand?
3One could never detect a smirch or a grain of dust upon them.
4A careless word or two shall easily suffice to smirch your fair fame.
5He had never tried to embarrass him or smirch his name.
6Don't let these fellows smirch your name and the name of the Service.
7Henceforward let no man dare to smirch her with any slur or slander.
8I am sorry that there is any smirch on Lisa's birth.
9I am such a blackamoor that I cannot smirch myself.
10Jacob is a leading citizen and I don't want a jail smirch on him.
11Why do you smirch it all with these horrid remarks?
12No need to smirch Uncle's reputation unless it's absolutely necessary.
13Enough of the smirch will stick to prevent that.
14They starve us and stamp on us-andthen steal our wives and smirch our sweethearts.
15But by-and-by it may all be used to smirch or brighten unjustly some one's character.
16Thank God, those damned lawyers won't dare to plead any cause that could smirch me.
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