slander
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1. slander - Noun
2. slander - Verb
Meaning
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
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Slander is worse than cannibalism.
Inasmuch as you pray with all your soul for the one who has slandered you, so much will God reveal the truth to them who have believed the slander.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Slander by the stream will be heard by the frogs.
People slander somebody even if they do not despise him.
Mockery is the flashing of slander.