slander
verb/ˈslɑːndə(r)/
/ˈslændər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they slander | /ˈslɑːndə(r)/ /ˈslændər/ |
| he / she / it slanders | /ˈslɑːndəz/ /ˈslændərz/ |
| past simple slandered | /ˈslɑːndəd/ /ˈslændərd/ |
| past participle slandered | /ˈslɑːndəd/ /ˈslændərd/ |
| -ing form slandering | /ˈslɑːndərɪŋ/ /ˈslændərɪŋ/ |
- slander somebody/something to make a false spoken statement about somebody that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of them
- He angrily accused the investigators of slandering both him and his family.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.Definitions on the go
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