Thesaurus:defame
English
editVerb
edit(transitive)
Sense: to try to diminish the reputation of; to give someone a bad reputation
editSynonyms
edit- assassinate (figurative)
- asperse
- backbite
- badmouth
- befoul (figurative)
- belibel (dated)
- besmirch
- besmear
- bewray (archaic)
- blacken [⇒ thesaurus]
- blame [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- blaze
- blemish
- blot
- blur
- calumniate
- calumny
- chat shit (Commonwealth, slang, vulgar)
- chat shite (UK, Ireland, slang, vulgar)
- cloud [⇒ thesaurus]
- defame
- demonize (figurative)
- denigrate
- deprave
- depreciate
- detract
- dirty [⇒ thesaurus]
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- disrepute [⇒ thesaurus]
- diss (slang)
- drag through the mud (idiomatic)
- forgab (obsolete)
- forspeak (obsolete)
- foul
- infamize
- lampoon
- libel
- malign
- monsterize
- muddy (figurative)
- reproach
- revile [⇒ thesaurus]
- scandal (obsolete)
- shit-talk (slang, vulgar)
- slag (UK, slang)
- slander [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- smear
- smirch (archaic, figurative)
- spatter (obsolete, figurative)
- spot [⇒ thesaurus]
- speak ill of
- stab [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- stain
- sully
- talk shit (slang, vulgar)
- talk shite (UK, slang, vulgar)
- talk trash (US, slang)
- tarnish
- torch (figurative)
- traduce
- trash-talk (US, slang)
- unflatter
- vilify
- vilipend (dated, formal)
- villainize
- wrong
Antonyms
editHyponyms
edit- blot one's copy book
- debase [⇒ thesaurus]
- dig up dirt
- dish the dirt
- dirty [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- gossip [⇒ thesaurus]
- tar
- tar and feather
Hypernyms
editCoordinate terms
editVarious
editSee also
edit- Thesaurus:slander (noun)
- Thesaurus:defamatory (adjective)
Further reading
edit- “934. detraction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “defame” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.