slander
/ˈslɑːndə/US/ˈslændɚ/
slander noun: 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.
Noun
slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)
- 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
- Vehement (and often exaggerated) criticism of a character, franchise, etc.
Verb
slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)
- To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough?
Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him.
Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III
- Antonyms:
- glorify
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough?
slander meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
slander in Hindi
- false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
- मानहानि mānhāni, लांछन lāñchan
- utter a slanderous statement about
- लांछन लगाना lāñchan lagānā
slander in Tamil
- அவதூறு, பழி, பழி தூற்று, பழிதூற்றுரை, பழித்துரை, வாய்ச்சொல் அவதூறு
slander in Urdu
- false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
- بُہْتان bohtān, اِہانَت ihānat, سِعایَت si'āyat
slander in Bengali
- false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
- এলজাম eljam
- utter a slanderous statement about
- এলজাম দেওয়া elzam deẇa
More languagesFewer languages
- slander in Telugu
- కొండెము koṇḍemu
- slander in Malayalam
- പള്ള് paḷḷŭ, അപവാദം apavādaṁ
- slander in Kannada
- ಕೊಂಡೆಯ, ಕೊಂಡಿ, ಕೊಂಡೆ, ತಳ್ಳಿ
- slander in Odia
- ଅପବାଦ, ଅପବାଦ ଦେବା
- slander in Tagalog
- paninirang-puri
- slander in Arabic
- تَشْهِير tašhīr, اِفْتِرَاء iftirāʔ, بُهْتَان buhtān, سِعَايَة siʕāya
- slander in Malay
- fitnah
- slander in Persian
- تُهمَت tohmat, اِفتِرا efterâ, بُهتان bohtân, سِعایَت se'âyat
- slander in Thai
- ใส่ร้าย sài-ráai, นินทา nin-taa
Examples of slander in a sentence
- Slander is an injury to the character.
- Their slander has set my family against me.
- Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
Synonyms of slander
- defame
- libel
- aspersion
- calumniousness
- calumny
- character assassination
- defamation
- detraction
- disparagement
- obloquy
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of slander
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | slanders |
| alternative form | slandre |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | slanders |
| present participle | slandering |
| past participle | slandered |
| past | slandered |
Origin of slander
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
Words formed from slander
Words that rhyme with slander
Questions about slander
- What does slander mean?
- Slander means 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.
- What is slander in Hindi?
- Slander in Hindi is मानहानि (mānhāni), लांछन (lāñchan), लांछन लगाना (lāñchan lagānā). See Slander meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is slander?
- Slander can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce slander?
- Slander is pronounced /ˈslɑːndə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of slander?
- The plural of slander is slanders.
Words near slander in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: slander (page history and authors); slander (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അപവാദം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); slander (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slander (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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