defame
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defame
- /dɪˈfeɪm/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪm
Where it comes from
From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).
verb defames · defaming · defamed
- To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
- To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence. Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
- To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. to defame somebody
Similar: assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze
noun defames
- Disgrace, dishonour. And all the sparks that may bring unto flame / Hate betwixt man and wife, or breed defame.
- Defamation; slander, libel.
adjective
- Synonym of defamed.
