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slandered

slandered is the simple past and past participle of slander.

Meaning of slander

Verb

slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)

  1. (transitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    defame, libel
    Antonyms:
    glorify

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Questions about slandered

What is slandered the simple past and past participle of?
Slandered is the simple past and past participle of slander.

Words near slandered in the dictionary

  1. slanchways
  2. slanchwise
  3. slancing
  4. slander
  5. slanderbund
  6. slandered
  7. slanderer
  8. slanderers
  9. slanderess
  10. slanderesses
  11. slanderest

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