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sclaunder

sclaunder is the obsolete form of slander.

Meaning of slander

Noun

slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)

  1. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
    Antonyms:
    glorification
  2. (Internet) Vehement (and often exaggerated) criticism of a character, franchise, etc.

See all 3 meanings of slander

Forms of sclaunder

Noun
pluralsclaunders
Verb
third-person singular presentsclaunders
present participlesclaundering
past participlesclaundered
pastsclaundered

Questions about sclaunder

What is sclaunder the obsolete form of?
Sclaunder is the obsolete form of slander.

Words near sclaunder in the dictionary

  1. Sclater
  2. Sclaters
  3. sclates
  4. sclating
  5. sclaue
  6. sclaunder
  7. sclaundered
  8. sclaundering
  9. sclaunders
  10. Sclav
  11. Sclave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sclaunder (page history and authors); slander (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.

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