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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slan•der /ˈslændɚ/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act of knowingly making a false statement about someone to ruin his or her reputation;
defamation. - [countable] such a wrong or false statement or report.
v. [~ + object] - to make a knowingly false statement about (someone) to ruin his or her reputation:He accused the newspaper of slandering him.
slan•der•er, n. [countable] slan•der•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slan•der (slan′dər),USA pronunciation n. - defamation;
calumny:rumors full of slander. - a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report:a slander against his good name.
- Lawdefamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
v.t. - to utter slander against;
defame.
v.i. - to utter or circulate slander.
- Old French esclandrer, derivative of esclandre
- Late Latin scandalum cause of offense, snare (see scandal); (verb, verbal) Middle English s(c)laundren to cause to lapse morally, bring to disgrace, discredit, defame
- Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle
- (noun, nominal) Middle English s(c)laundre 1250–1300
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged malign, vilify, revile.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slander /ˈslɑːndə/ n - defamation in some transient form, as by spoken words, gestures, etc
- a slanderous statement, etc
- any false or defamatory words spoken about a person; calumny
vb - to utter or circulate slander (about)
Etymology: 13th Century: via Anglo-French from Old French escandle, from Late Latin scandalum a cause of offence; see scandalˈslanderer n ˈslanderous adj |