Thesaurus:defame
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to try to diminish the reputation of
Synonyms
- assassinate (figurative)
- asperse
- backbite
- badmouth
- belibel
- belittle
- besmirch
- blaze
- blemish
- blot
- calumniate
- calumny
- cloud [⇒ thesaurus]
- cut down (idiomatic)
- defame
- demonize
- denigrate
- derogate
- detract
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- diss
- forgab
- infamize
- lampoon
- libel
- malign
- monster
- reproach
- revile
- scandal
- shit-talk (slang, vulgar)
- slag
- slander [⇒ thesaurus]
- spatter (obsolete, figurative)
- speak ill of
- stab [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- talk shit (slang, vulgar)
- talk shite (UK, slang, vulgar)
- talk trash (US, slang)
- torch (figurative)
- traduce
- trash-talk (US, slang)
- vilify
- vilipend (dated, formal)
- vituperate
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- blot one's copy book
- debase
- dig up dirt
- dish the dirt
- dirty [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- gossip [⇒ thesaurus]
- tar
- tar and feather
Hypernyms
Various
See also
- Thesaurus:slander (noun)
- Thesaurus:defamatory (adjective)
Further reading
- “934. detraction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “defame” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.