Dictionary Entry
defame
defame is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
- 2transitive verb
To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
- 3transitive verb
To charge; to accuse.
- 4noun
Dishonor.
- 5verb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
"The journalists have defamed me!"
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