slander

slander is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
2. noun. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
3. noun. Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
4. transitive verb. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
5. transitive verb. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
6. noun. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

   Synonyms: aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration

7. noun. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
8. verb. 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!"

   Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, smear, smirch, sully

Synonyms

aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, smear, smirch, sully

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slander:

darnels, landers, relands, snarled

Common word forms

slanders, slandered, slanderer, slanderful, slandering, slanderous

Words from these letters

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