Word Meanings - DEFAME - Book Publishers vocabulary database
fr. L. diffamare ; dis- (in this word 1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 2. To render infamous; to bring into
Additional info about word: DEFAME
fr. L. diffamare ; dis- (in this word 1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. Dryden. 3. To charge; to accuse. Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEFAME)
- Abuse
- Injure
- damage
- spoil
- maltreat
- treat-all
- ill-use
- ill-treat
- retile
- scandalize
- disparage
- reproach
- upbraid
- asperse
- malign
- slander
- vituperate
- prostitute
- defame
- pervert
- misuse
- misemploy
- vilify
- Asperse
- Slander
- calumniate
- bespatter
- befoul
- defy
- attack
- traduce
- detract from
- blacken
- tarnish
- backbite
- Blacken
- Bespatter
- bedaub
- decry
- dishonor
- Decry
- Depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- censure
- abase
- denounce
- Denounce
- Reprobate
- proscribe
- brand
- stigmatize
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEFAME)
Related words: (words related to DEFAME)
- COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
See WORM - BRAND IRON
1. A branding iron. 2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. 3. The horizontal bar of an andiron. - MALIGNANT
Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of - MALIGNITY
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. 3. Extreme evilness of nature - REPROACHER
One who reproaches. - TRADUCENT
Slanderous. Entick. - DEFAMER
One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - DECORATE
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - BLACKEN
Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens - SLANDEROUS
1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." Shak. 2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n. - DENOUNCE
denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim . Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. - TRADUCEMENT
The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. Shak. - DETRACTIVE
1. Tending to detractor draw. 2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative. - CENSURER
One who censures. Sha. - DISPARAGEMENT
1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a - CONTRADISTINGUISH
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - INDISTINGUISHABLE
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline