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Exact Match:

defame

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"

Synonyms:

• 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