TRADUCING Synonyms

• (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

• expressive of low opinion

• expressing extreme contempt

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• smear so as to make dirty or stained

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

• To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.

• evil or harmful in nature or influence

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• speak unfavorably about

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• spread negative information about

• belittle

• speak unfavorably about

• leave or give by will after one's death

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty

• permission to do something

• the act of departing politely

• go away from a place

• go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness

• act or be so as to become in a specified state

• leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

• move out of or depart from

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• produce as a result or residue

• remove oneself from an association with or participation in

• put into the care or protection of someone

• leave or give by will after one's death

• have left or have as a remainder

• be survived by after one's death

• transmit (knowledge or skills)

• leave behind unintentionally

• a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

• the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks

• print slanderous statements against

• evil or harmful in nature or influence

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• speak unfavorably about