Synonyms for Defame:

• n.

  •
  • deceive,
  • concoct,
  • lie,
  • manufacture,
  • fabricate,
  • Misspeak,
  • make up,
  • mislead,
  • bend the truth,
  • invent.
  •
  • law,
  • attack,
  • tear down,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • Crimes,
  • backbite.
  •besmirch (noun)
  • besmirch.
  •calumniate (noun)
  • calumniate.
  •defame (noun)
  • sully,
  • smirch.
  •downgrade (noun)
  • downgrade.

• v.

  •abase (verb)
  • embarrass,
  • abase,
  • malign,
  • shame,
  • mock,
  • degrade.
  •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.
  •asperse (verb)
  • casts aspersions on,
  • casting aspersions on.
  •blacken (verb)
  • 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.
  •decry (verb)
  • 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.
  •denigrate (verb)
  • be smirched,
  • mudslinged,
  • be-smirching,
  • bad mouth,
  • be-smirched,
  • be-smirches,
  • be smirches,
  • disses,
  • be smirching,
  • mudslings,
  • be smirch,
  • be-smirch,
  • dissed.
  •depreciate (verb)
  • 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.
  •detract (verb)
  • discount,
  • reduce,
  • derogate,
  • lessen,
  • cast aspersion,
  • detract,
  • abrade,
  • diminish.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • censure,
  • chasten,
  • renounce,
  • admonish,
  • blame,
  • scorn,
  • deride,
  • chastise,
  • disapprove,
  • chide,
  • condemn,
  • defile,
  • criticize,
  • deprecate,
  • castigate,
  • denounce.
  •discredit (verb)
  • 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.
  •disgrace (verb)
  • 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.
  •dishonor (verb)
  • 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.
  •disparage (verb)
  • 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.
  •inflict libel or slander (verb)
  • knock,
  • belie,
  • pan,
  • slam,
  • put zingers on,
  • throw mud at,
  • vituperate,
  • roast,
  • scorch,
  • cast slur on,
  • speak evil of,
  • bad-mouth,
  • villainize,
  • blister.
  •libel (verb)
  • drags name through mud,
  • dragged name through mud,
  • marked wrong,
  • marks wrong,
  • marking wrong,
  • dragging name through mud.
  •reproach (verb)
  • 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.
  •run down (verb)
  • spake ill of,
  • speaking ill of,
  • speaks ill of,
  • spoke ill of.
  •scandalize (verb)
  • 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.
  •slander (verb)
  • pillory,
  • besmear.
  •slur (verb)
  • 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.
  •smear (verb)
  • 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.
  •tarnish (verb)
  • 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.
  •vilify (verb)
  • 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.
  •wrong (verb)
  • imposing up on,
  • ill treat,
  • mis-represents,
  • mis represents,
  • imposing upon,
  • out-raged,
  • mis-represented,
  • imposes up on,
  • mis represent,
  • out-rages,
  • out rages,
  • impose up on,
  • mis-represent,
  • mis representing,
  • out-rage,
  • mis represented,
  • out-raging,
  • imposed up on,
  • out raged,
  • mis-representing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • name.
  •blacken
  • maligned,
  • blotching,
  • ripped down,
  • blotched,
  • rip up and down,
  • ripping,
  • smudge.
  •diminish
  • marginalize.
  •ridicule
  • run down.
  •slander
  • cast a slur on,
  • run smear campaign,
  • strumpet,
  • give a bad name,
  • strumpeting,
  • muckraked,
  • muckraking,
  • blacken name.
  •slur
  • 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.
  •wrong
  • Illtreat,
  • impose upon,
  • imposed upon,
  • imposes upon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Defame:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    denigrate, discredit.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    slander, malign, vilify.

Antonyms for Defame:

• v.

  • inflict libel or slander
    flatter, laud, commend, honor, praise, compliment, approve, exalt.
  • 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.

Homophones for Defame:

• deadpan, devein, dipnoi, depone, deafen, dopamine, devonian, dauphin, debone, dubbin, divine, daphne, devon, define, dobbin, deepen, dubnium, daphnia, divan, diaphone.