defaming
present participle ofdefame
defame
verb[T]
formaluk/dɪˈfeɪm/us/dɪˈfeɪm/todamagethereputationof apersonorgroupby saying or writingbadthings about them that are nottrue:
Mr Turnockclaimedtheeditorialhad defamed him.
Synonyms
besmirchliterary
denigrate
smear
sullyformal
Compare
libelnoun
slandernoun
Damaging reputation
- anti-defamation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- demonize
- dog
- dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
- give a dog a bad nameidiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
- self-immolation
- show someone in a bad lightidiom
- slander
- slanderer
- slanderous
- slur
- smear
- stab
- stain
Examplesofdefaming
defaming
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Khoury chose, however, to jump on his political barricades,defamingthe author, but really exposing his infantile wrath and personal prejudice.
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The writer, however, all the time had at the back of his mind the intention ofdefamingthis man.
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Strong men, men with a good cause, have no need to vituperate; they very rarely lose their self-control, and seldom stoop todefamingtheir opponents.
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We are asked to envisage a situation in which a child or widow is busilydefamingthe deceased and the unfortunate personal representative is trying to restrain them.
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Being anxious about the regulations of the theatre, thedefamingof fellow actors, he often clashes with superiors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To advertisers, the benefits include not angering or annoying users into blocking,defamingor boycotting their products or websites.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slander is spoken defamation and libel isdefamingsomebody through print (or broadcasting).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It may go to the extent of personally identifying victims of crime and publishing materials severelydefamingor humiliating them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was later imprisoned for ten days fordefamingand insulting the administrative bodies of the state.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, foreign media, turning a blind eye to their achievements, are always slandering,defamingand making fabricated accusations against them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Earlier, he was charged for spreading false information anddefamingrescuers in his reports by the local prosecutor's office.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the south, there are no penalties for apostasy, blasphemy, ordefamingreligion; proselytizing is common.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Revillame said he had no intention ofdefamingthe former president and her family.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is necessary to plead that the name change is not for a fraudulent or other illegal purpose, such as evading a lien or debt or fordefamingsomeone else.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dobelle called the audit and its release illegal anddefaming.
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- final hurdle
- final inspection
- final invoice
- final-invoice
- final irony
- finalist
- finality
- finalization
- finalize
- finalized
- finalizing
- final journey
- final-judgment
- final-last-straw
- final layer
- finally
- final manuscript
- final match
- final moment
- final note
- final out
- final outcome
- final paragraph
- final passage
- final payment