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); Their tongues have been quick to condemn and free to vilify me.
— Fifteen Years in Hell;
• (slander)- a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report, (
, ); She talk of political slander, and libel, and disgrace, and all
that. — David Lockwin—The People's Idol;
• (slur)- to cast aspersions on; calumniate; disparage; depreciate, ( ,
, , );
• to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly by combining, reducing, or
omitting sounds, as in hurried or careless utterance, ( );
Over the course of the album, his slur is more pronounced but still
inscrutable, and he covers his lyrics in layers of ambiguity;
• (asperse)- to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or
insinuations; slander; I cannot believe one word that would asperse him who
has saved my father from a prison, or from death. — My Novel — Volume 12;
• (besmirch)- to soil; tarnish; discolor, ( );
• to detract from the honor or luster of,( ); Whatever happened,
he and Kitty should not degenerate into a pair of scolds -- besmirch their life
with quarrels as ugly as they were silly. — The Marriage of William Ashe;
• (smirch)- to sully or tarnish (a person, reputation, character, etc.);
disgrace; discredit, ( , , ); He had never
tried to embarrass him or smirch his name. — The Snowshoe Trail;
• (smear)- to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or
over something, ( , ); Her face was chalk, except
for the smear of blood on the left side of her face. — The Legacy of Heorot;
• (calumniate)- to make false and malicious statements about; slander,
( / ); Do they not, whenever they speak,
vilify, calumniate, and abuse all whom they believe to be blameless? — The
Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.;
• (defame)- to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or
publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel;
calumniate,( , ); When terrorists use faith as a
front for political motives they defame the good name of the religions they
claim to espouse. — The Rebel Yell;
• (denigrate)- to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully;
defame, ( , ); Sometimes people use their religion as
a weapon to denigrate those who do not share the same faith. — The O'Reilly
Factor;