英语词汇“defame”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

defamedefame /dɪˈfeɪm/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYdefame

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French deffamer, from Latin fama; ➔ FAME

VERB TABLE

defame

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	defame
	he, she, it	defames
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	defamed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have defamed
	he, she, it	has defamed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had defamed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will defame
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have defamed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am defaming
	he, she, it	is defaming
	you, we, they	are defaming
Past	I, he, she, it	was defaming
	you, we, they	were defaming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been defaming
	he, she, it	has been defaming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been defaming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be defaming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been defaming

to write or say something that makes people have a bad opinion of someone or something: a novel defaming the Catholic Church—defamatory /dɪˈfæməˌtɔri/ adjective