Slander– meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘slander’.

The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence and also the word is a verb too, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.

No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
but Yes, the past form of the word as a verb is slandered.

It means:
1. Scandalous remark
2. The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation
3. Make a scandalous remark
4. Make false and damaging statements.

1. Life is too brief to spend much thought on taunts or slander.
2. He is suing the TV company for slander.
3. They were accused of slandering the head of state.
4. I shall be good friends with her when you are no longer here to slander me to her.
5. Now established love, it is well known, thrives wondrously on slander.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
belittle, besmirch, defame, defile, denigrate, disparage, libel, malign, scandalize, smear, sully, tarnish, vilify, asperse, assail, attack, backbite, belie, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, curse, damage, decry, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonour, hit, hurt, injure, muckrake, pan, plaster, revile, roast, scorch, slam, slur, smirch, sneer, strumpet, traduce, bad-mouth, blacken name, cast a slur on, give a bad name, run smear campaign, sling mud, tear down, defamation, disparagement, misrepresentation, aspersion, calumny, depreciation, detraction, dirt, hit, lie, muckraking, mud, obloquy, rap, scandal, slam, slime, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, black eye, mud-slinging, character assassination, misrepresentation of character, scandalmongering, malicious gossip, denigration, derogation, aspersions, vilification, traducement, scurrility, false accusation, insult, bad-mouthing, contumely, blacken someone’s name, give someone a bad name, tell lies about, speak ill/evil of, cast aspersions on, tarnish, taint, etc.

approval, commendation, compliment, praise, flattery, glorification, nicety, approve, clean, commend, compliment, flatter, honour, laud, praise, aid, assist, cure, exalt, fix, heal, help, increase, mend, glorify, acclamation, acclaim