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defame
Overview of verb defame
The verb defame has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch -- (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation")
Grep of noun defame
defamer
Antonyms of verb defame
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb defame
1 sense of defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> charge, accuse
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb defame
1 sense of defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> assassinate
=> libel
=> badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb defame
1 sense of defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> charge, accuse
'Cause To' of verb defame
Derived Forms of verb defame
1 sense of defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
RELATED TO>(adj) defamatory#1
=> calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
RELATED TO>(noun) defamation#1
=> defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
RELATED TO>(noun) defamation#2
=> aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration
RELATED TO>(noun) defamer#1
=> defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer
Domain of verb defame
Domain Terms of verb defame
Familiarity of verb defame
defame used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb defame
1 sense of defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb defame
1 sense of defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
> charge, accuse
=> blame, fault
=> accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
=> defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> indict
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb defame
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> charge, accuse
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Grep of verb defame
defame
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