Defame

defame
    v 1: 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" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse},
         {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}]
    

Defame \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or
   OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous);
   dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See
   {Fame}.]
   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.
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   2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
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            My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
            My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.
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   3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]
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            Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the
            person of a noble knight.             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}.
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Defame \De*fame"\, n.
   Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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DEFAME, v.t.  To lie about another.  To tell the truth about another.
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "defame":
      asperse, attaint, bad-mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot,
      blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on,
      cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove,
      disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel,
      malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander,
      slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish,
      throw mud at, traduce, vilify