Antonyms for slander


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : slan-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslæn dər


Definition of slander

Origin :
  • late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c.1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration ("with interloping l" [Century Dictionary]) of escandle, escandre "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). From late 14c. as "bad situation, evil action; a person causing such a state of affairs."
  • noun scandalous remark
  • verb make a scandalous remark
Example sentences :
  • I shall be good friends with her, when you are no longer here to slander me to her.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It was a slander, they could not, they would not believe it.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • He tould me your honour—which is a slander, as we all here can witness, can't we?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • We should not so slander the author of the Shakespearean plays.
  • Extract from : « Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems » by Jesse Johnson
  • Life is too brief to spend much thought on taunts or slander.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • She didn't deserve one word of it, and it was your lies that made me slander her.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • But to say that Rossetti felt the slander does not express his sense of it.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
  • Why,” he added with impatience, “it lays me wide open to suspicion and slander.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • Now established love, it is well known, thrives wondrously on slander.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Slander nips it like a frost; in deadliness it is second only to ridicule.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for slander

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