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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
asperse, attaint, bad-mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove, disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel, malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, traduce, vilify
Dictionary Results for defame:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
defame
    v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
         name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
         defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
         reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
         denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Defame \De*fame"\, n.
   Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Defame \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defamed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Defaming.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or
   OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous);
   dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See
   Fame.]
   1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to
      disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to
      dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
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   2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
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            My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
            My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.
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   3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]
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            Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the
            person of a noble knight.             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
DEFAME, v.t.  To lie about another.  To tell the truth about another.


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