Word.ws English Dictionary

defamating

defamating is the present participle and gerund of defamate.

Meaning of defamate

Verb

defamate (third-person singular simple present defamates, present participle defamating, simple past and past participle defamated)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To defame, libel, or slander.

Questions about defamating

What is defamating the present participle and gerund of?
Defamating is the present participle and gerund of defamate.

Words near defamating in the dictionary

  1. defalking
  2. defalks
  3. defamate
  4. defamated
  5. defamates
  6. defamating
  7. defamation
  8. defamations
  9. defamatorily
  10. defamatoriness
  11. defamatory

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: defamating (page history and authors); defamate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “defamating.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/defamating. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.