Noun: slander slãn-du(r)
- Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
"The rumours spread about her amounted to slander"
- An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
"The slander spread quickly through social media";
- aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration
- Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The journalists have slandered me!";
- defame, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate [formal], smear, sully, besmirch
Derived forms: slandered, slanders, slandering
Type of: accuse, attack, blast [informal], calumniation, calumny, charge, defamation, fire, flack, flak [informal], hatchet job, obloquy, speech act, stick [Brit, informal], traducement
Encyclopedia: Slander