What is another word for defame?
879 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪfˈe͡ɪm], [ dɪfˈeɪm], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈeɪ_m]Table of Contents
Similar words for defame:- besmirch (noun)
- calumniate (noun)
- defame (noun)
- downgrade (noun)
- abase (verb)
- abuse (verb)
- asperse (verb)
- blacken (verb)
- decry (verb)
- denigrate (verb)
- depreciate (verb)
- detract (verb)
- disapprove (verb)
- discredit (verb)
- disgrace (verb)
- dishonor (verb)
- disparage (verb)
- inflict libel or slander (verb)
- libel (verb)
- reproach (verb)
- run down (verb)
- scandalize (verb)
- slander (verb)
- slur (verb)
- smear (verb)
- tarnish (verb)
- vilify (verb)
- wrong (verb)
- other synonyms
- blacken
- diminish
- ridicule
- slander
- slur
- wrong
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Defame:
n.
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- deceive,
- concoct,
- lie,
- manufacture,
- fabricate,
- Misspeak,
- make up,
- mislead,
- bend the truth,
- invent.
v.
•abase (verb) •abuse (verb)- cusses out,
- de fames,
- zinged,
- up-braided,
- be-rated,
- tare apart,
- dost number on,
- cutting to quick,
- hurling brickbat,
- dumping on,
- up-braids,
- doeth number on,
- cuts to quick,
- up braided,
- ragged on,
- doth a number on,
- cutting to the quick,
- swears at,
- doing a number on,
- up braid,
- be littles,
- doest number on,
- be rated,
- be rates,
- gives a black eye,
- tears apart,
- didst a number on,
- doeth a number on,
- did number on,
- de faming,
- does a number on,
- ripped up,
- be-little,
- cutting quick,
- gave black eye,
- swore at,
- cuts the quick,
- re-vile,
- giving a black eye,
- up-braid,
- sware at,
- be-rates,
- de-fame,
- picks on,
- be-rate,
- blows off,
- doing number on,
- cut to quick,
- rags on,
- cuts to the quick,
- be rating,
- dumps on,
- dis counts,
- de fame,
- gives black eye,
- slings mud,
- be-littles,
- dis counted,
- de-faming,
- re vile,
- did a number on,
- rips up,
- didst number on,
- hurled brickbat,
- cussing out,
- dost a number on,
- swearing at,
- blowing off,
- de-famed,
- cut quick,
- dis counting,
- slinging mud,
- doest a number on,
- cutting the quick,
- dis-counting,
- doth number on,
- cussed out,
- ragging on,
- gave a black eye,
- dis-counted,
- cuts quick,
- de famed,
- blew off,
- be-rating,
- up braids,
- giving black eye,
- slung mud,
- cut the quick,
- de-fames,
- dis-counts,
- up-braiding,
- hurls brickbat,
- does number on,
- ripping up,
- be rate.
- de filing,
- rip up down,
- de files,
- ripped and down,
- de-file,
- ripped up down,
- rip down,
- rips and down,
- de filed,
- rips up down,
- ripping and down,
- rips down,
- de-files,
- de-filed,
- ripped up and down,
- de-filing,
- ripping up and down,
- ripping down,
- rips up and down,
- de file,
- rip and down,
- ripping up down.
- de values,
- poor mouthing,
- re-probating,
- re probating,
- de-cried,
- de-crying,
- poor-mouths,
- poormouths,
- poor mouths,
- throws stones at,
- crying down,
- under-values,
- taking swipe at,
- de crying,
- under-estimate,
- de-values,
- de-valued,
- under-valuing,
- under values,
- takes swipe at,
- re-probated,
- poormouthing,
- under estimate,
- de cried,
- opprobriating,
- poor-mouthed,
- under rated,
- de-valuing,
- took swipe at,
- under rates,
- under-estimating,
- opprobriated,
- under-value,
- under estimates,
- poormouthed,
- under valued,
- under-estimated,
- re probate,
- de tract,
- threw stones at,
- cried down,
- re-probate,
- under estimating,
- under-rate,
- cries down,
- re-probates,
- de-tract,
- re probates,
- poor-mouthing,
- de tracts,
- under rate,
- re probated,
- throwing stones at,
- poor mouthed,
- de-cry,
- takes away,
- under estimated,
- de-cries,
- under-valued,
- opprobriates,
- under rating,
- under-rating,
- under valuing,
- de valued,
- de cries,
- de valuing,
- de value,
- under-rated,
- under value,
- de-value,
- under-rates,
- de cry,
- de-tracts.
- be smirched,
- mudslinged,
- be-smirching,
- bad mouth,
- be-smirched,
- be-smirches,
- be smirches,
- disses,
- be smirching,
- mudslings,
- be smirch,
- be-smirch,
- dissed.
- de-rides,
- sneers at,
- dis praised,
- dis-countenancing,
- clamors against,
- dis-countenances,
- dis-praising,
- dis countenances,
- de rides,
- de-riding,
- de riding,
- taking down a peg,
- taking down peg,
- dis praises,
- dis countenanced,
- dis-praised,
- dis-countenanced,
- finds fault with,
- dis praise,
- de ride,
- takes down peg,
- de-ride,
- scoffs at,
- looked down on,
- dis-praises,
- sneering at,
- took down a peg,
- dis praising,
- sneered at,
- dis countenance,
- take down peg,
- takes down a peg,
- dis-praise,
- clamoring against,
- scoffing at,
- dis countenancing,
- found fault with,
- dis-countenance,
- took down peg,
- finding fault with,
- clamored against.
- censure,
- chasten,
- renounce,
- admonish,
- blame,
- scorn,
- deride,
- chastise,
- disapprove,
- chide,
- condemn,
- defile,
- criticize,
- deprecate,
- castigate,
- denounce.
- de grading,
- dis proving,
- brought into disrepute,
- brings in to disrepute,
- bringing naught,
- dis-considering,
- de-stroy,
- frowned up on,
- frown up on,
- dis-favoring,
- dis favor,
- dis-proved,
- ex posed,
- dis considering,
- dis credit,
- dis favors,
- dis esteem,
- dis favored,
- brought naught,
- dis prove,
- dis esteemed,
- reflects on,
- dis esteeming,
- de-stroys,
- dis-favor,
- knocked bottom out of,
- de graded,
- bring in to disrepute,
- dis-favors,
- ex-posed,
- frowned upon,
- dis crediting,
- brought to naught,
- dis-esteem,
- takes rug out from under,
- frowns up on,
- de grades,
- disconsidering,
- ex pose,
- dis favoring,
- ex-posing,
- dis-crediting,
- de-stroying,
- dis-considers,
- brings naught,
- de-grades,
- dis-prove,
- frowning up on,
- frowning upon,
- bringing to naught,
- dis-favored,
- knocks bottom out of,
- bringing into disrepute,
- dis-credit,
- dis esteems,
- pokes full holes,
- dis-esteemed,
- de stroy,
- poke full holes,
- dis-credits,
- brings into disrepute,
- de-graded,
- disconsidered,
- took rug out from under,
- taking rug out from under,
- de-grade,
- bring naught,
- disconsiders,
- dis proves,
- dis credited,
- dis-proves,
- de grade,
- pokes full of holes,
- de stroys,
- ex-pose,
- brought in to disrepute,
- frowns upon,
- dis consider,
- dis-esteems,
- de-stroyed,
- dis considered,
- brings to naught,
- dis-esteeming,
- poked full of holes,
- dis-credited,
- de stroying,
- bringing in to disrepute,
- dis-proving,
- knocking bottom out of,
- dis considers,
- dis credits,
- dis proved,
- de stroyed,
- poked full holes,
- dis-considered,
- poohpooh,
- poking full holes,
- dis-consider,
- reflecting on,
- de-grading,
- poking full of holes.
- de-base,
- dis gracing,
- de basing,
- de presses,
- de pressed,
- dis-respect,
- de-basing,
- dis-grace,
- de-pressing,
- de-pressed,
- re duces,
- dis-respecting,
- re-duces,
- de-based,
- dis-regards,
- dis graces,
- dis-regarded,
- de press,
- dis regards,
- dis-respected,
- dis graced,
- de based,
- tar feather,
- de pressing,
- de base,
- de-press,
- dis respected,
- dis respects,
- dis respect,
- dis grace,
- dis-regarding,
- dis-regard,
- de-presses,
- dis regard,
- dis regarded,
- re-duce,
- dis respecting,
- dis-gracing,
- dis-respects,
- dis-graces,
- re duce,
- dis-graced,
- dis regarding.
- dis honors,
- dis-obliged,
- dis-honor,
- dis honoring,
- made lose face,
- dis-honors,
- dis obliging,
- dis obliged,
- dis oblige,
- dis-obliging,
- dis-obliges,
- dis-honored,
- dis honored,
- making lose face,
- dis obliges,
- dis-honoring,
- dis-oblige,
- dis honor,
- makes lose face.
- dis-courage,
- dis heartens,
- puts hooks in,
- putting hooks in,
- downcried,
- dis courages,
- de moralize,
- dis courage,
- dis missing,
- downcries,
- dis-heartened,
- de moralized,
- soured grapes,
- downcrying,
- dis-courages,
- de moralizes,
- dis missed,
- dis heartening,
- dis-missing,
- de-moralized,
- dis-heartening,
- sours grapes,
- de moralizing,
- dis hearten,
- dis-missed,
- de-moralize,
- souring grapes,
- dis heartened,
- de-moralizing,
- dis-heartens,
- dis-hearten,
- de-moralizes.
- knock,
- belie,
- pan,
- slam,
- put zingers on,
- throw mud at,
- vituperate,
- roast,
- scorch,
- cast slur on,
- speak evil of,
- bad-mouth,
- villainize,
- blister.
- drags name through mud,
- dragged name through mud,
- marked wrong,
- marks wrong,
- marking wrong,
- dragging name through mud.
- calls down,
- gives the devil,
- called to task,
- sate on,
- re-proving,
- gives comeuppance,
- giving comeuppance,
- re-proved,
- re proved,
- gave devil,
- re-prove,
- gave comeuppance,
- takes to task,
- take task,
- called task,
- took to task,
- call task,
- taking task,
- calls to task,
- took task,
- re-proves,
- takes task,
- re prove,
- giving devil,
- calling task,
- gives devil,
- taking to task,
- give devil,
- re proves,
- calling to task,
- sits on,
- giving the devil,
- calls task,
- called down,
- gave the devil.
- dis gusts,
- dis please,
- dis-pleases,
- dis gust,
- dis gusted,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis-please,
- dis pleased,
- dis-pleased,
- dis pleases,
- dis pleasing,
- dis-gusted,
- dis-gust,
- dis-gusts,
- dis gusting,
- dis-gusting.
- kick teeth,
- slapping the face,
- skins alive,
- in sinuates,
- hitting where lives,
- slapping face,
- kicked in the teeth,
- kick the teeth,
- kicks the teeth,
- slap face,
- hitting where one lives,
- kicking the teeth,
- kicked the teeth,
- in-sinuate,
- in-sinuates,
- in sinuate,
- slapped the face,
- hits where lives,
- slapped in face,
- hits where one lives,
- hit where lives,
- in sinuating,
- in-sinuating,
- slaps in face,
- kicked teeth,
- slaps face,
- slapped in the face,
- slaps the face,
- slaps in the face,
- kicking teeth,
- in sinuated,
- slapping in the face,
- kicked in teeth,
- kicks teeth,
- slapped face,
- kicks in teeth,
- kicks in the teeth,
- kicking in the teeth,
- slapping in face,
- kicking in teeth.
- be fouled,
- be fouls,
- dis-colored,
- disco-loring,
- be-fouling,
- disco loring,
- dis-coloring,
- be-fouls,
- dis-colors,
- dis coloring,
- dis color,
- dis-color,
- drags through mud,
- dragged through mud,
- be foul,
- be-foul,
- dragging through mud,
- dis colored,
- be fouling,
- dis colors,
- be-fouled.
- be grimes,
- be grime,
- be griming,
- be-grimes,
- losing luster,
- lost luster,
- be-griming,
- be-grime,
- be-grimed,
- loses shine,
- losing shine,
- loses luster,
- lost shine,
- be grimed.
- mis treat,
- mis-treat,
- caluminating,
- mis treated,
- caluminates,
- torn into,
- caluminated,
- tears in to,
- mis-treats,
- put whammy on,
- mis treating,
- putting whammy on,
- mis-treated,
- tear in to,
- tare in to,
- tears into,
- putting a whammy on,
- tore in to,
- tore into,
- tearing into,
- mis treats,
- puts a whammy on,
- torn in to,
- tearing in to,
- tare into,
- puts whammy on.
Other synonyms:
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- name.
- cast a slur on,
- run smear campaign,
- strumpet,
- give a bad name,
- strumpeting,
- muckraked,
- muckraking,
- blacken name.
- slap in the face,
- Slurring,
- kick in the teeth,
- skin alive,
- hit where one lives,
- skinning alive,
- slap in face,
- skinned alive,
- slap the face,
- kick in teeth.
- corrupt,
- post,
- foul,
- cast aspersions,
- black,
- unfavorable,
- dirty,
- humble,
- belittle,
- berate,
- injure,
- sinister,
- ugly,
- back-stab,
- pillar,
- dirt,
- blast,
- smutch,
- desecrate,
- peck at,
- disdain,
- disfavour,
- disrespect,
- daub,
- stain,
- depraved,
- spot,
- opprobrium,
- despise,
- scandalise,
- calumny,
- accuse,
- ill-treat,
- ill-natured,
- abasement,
- mortify,
- horrible,
- mail,
- Vilipend,
- insult,
- cursed,
- destroy,
- debase,
- derogatory,
- venomous,
- bedaub,
- slight,
- carp at,
- brand,
- pollute,
- aggrieve,
- cruel,
- dishonour,
- grievous,
- cloud,
- degradation,
- tread under foot,
- ignominy,
- stake,
- blemish,
- damage,
- soil,
- pick to pieces,
- malicious,
- lambaste,
- reprehend,
- scandal,
- mischievous,
- minimize,
- disbelieve,
- aspersion,
- taunt,
- maculate,
- affront,
- cavil,
- twit,
- scar,
- scold,
- resentful,
- taint,
- pervert,
- criminate,
- blur,
- stigma,
- Calumniation,
- show up,
- humiliate,
- gibbet,
- hurt,
- rebuke,
- assail,
- function,
- befoul,
- objurgate,
- cheapen,
- misrepresent,
- trample under foot,
- odium,
- baleful,
- outrage,
- spiteful,
- denigration,
- spoil,
- disparagement,
- muckrake,
- malevolent,
- curse,
- contaminate,
- wicked,
- impute shame to,
- poisonous,
- unpropitious,
- ruin,
- pernicious,
- defamation,
- lampoon,
- attaint,
- humiliation,
- harmful,
- vitiate,
- victimize,
- detraction,
- satirize,
- Avile,
- mark,
- position,
- nasty,
- vicious,
- indict,
- backcap,
- cast reflections on,
- cut up,
- harm,
- run,
- place,
- malignant,
- demean,
- disesteem,
- spate,
- ravish,
- blaspheme,
- take exception,
- pull to pieces,
- dislike,
- devalue,
- blow upon,
- evil,
- nibble at,
- office,
- bitchy,
- expose,
- reprimand,
- bespatter,
- disfavor,
- contemn,
- devaluate,
- blot.
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Antonyms for Defame:
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Other antonyms:
absolve, champion, exculpate, shield, esteem, clear, benefit, acclaim, pardon, favor, Panegyrize, conserve, eulogize, worship, remit, exonerate, vindicate, forgive, defend, regard, extol, care for, glorify, cherish, tend, shrive, respect, uphold, consider, sustain, advocate, applaud, admire, excuse, acquit, protect, justify.
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Homophones for Defame:
- deadpan, devein, dipnoi, depone, deafen, dopamine, devonian, dauphin, debone, dubbin, divine, daphne, devon, define, dobbin, deepen, dubnium, daphnia, divan, diaphone.