Slander

Noun

 * 1) a false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:slander

Verb

 * 1) to utter a slanderous statement

Synonyms

 * defame
 * libel (always in writing)
 * See also Thesaurus:defame

Adjectives for Slander
cursing; malicious; honest; cruel; lame; covered; cunning; abominable; impossible; libelous.

Verbs for Slander
acquit of—; babble—; decry—; disprove—; inveigh against—; refute—; spread—; vindicate of—; —bespatters; —blackens; — brands; —calumniates; —defames; —deprecates; —derogates; —detracts; —disparages; —incenses; —infuriates; —libels; — maligns; —stigmatizes; —traduces; —vilifies.

Adverbs for Slander
libelously; scurrilously; foully; viciously hatefully; vindictively; criminally; illegally spitefully; maliciously; cunningly; cruelly covertly; abominably; libelously.

Thesaurus
asperse, assail, attack, backbite, backbiting, backstabbing, barefaced lie, belie, belittlement, bitchiness, blackwash, calumniate, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, character assassination, consummate lie, damage, decry, defamation, defamation of character, defame, denigrate, depreciation, dirt, disparage, disparagement, gossip column, hurt, injure, juicy morsel, libel, malicious gossip, malign, misrepresentation, monstrous lie, muckrake, muckraking, obloquy, out-and-out lie, roorback, scandal, scandalmongering, slur, smear, strumpet, tale, tear down, the big lie, tidbit, traduce, traducement, vilification, vilify, whispering campaign, whopper

Etymology
13th century. From esclandre:, from  scandalum:, from  σκάνδαλον:.

Noun

 * Chinese: 誹謗, 诽谤
 * Chinese Characters: 謗, 谤
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bagvaskelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: συκοφαντία, διαβολή, διασυρμός
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 악담
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: oszczerstwo, pomówienie
 * Portuguese: Calúnia
 * Russian: клевета (klevetá), злословие (zloslóvije)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Danish: bagtale
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: συκοφαντώ, διαβάλλω, διασύρω
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: клевети
 * Polish: szkalować
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: calumniar, difamar
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * darnels
 * landers
 * snarled