Word "DEFAME" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Synonyms:
asperse, besmirch, calumniate, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully
Examples:
The journalists have defamed me!

Crossword Clues for DEFAME

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Ten met briefly following a smear? (6)
Malign trio of characters put in order by a writer (6)
Aristocrat taking notes as insult (6)
Smear slander (6)
Spoil reputation of noble lady courting English fellow (6)
Make me deaf to change that will destroy my reputation (6)
Slander The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2025
Run down, fed up, James undressed The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2025
Run down - fine morning to enter river (6)
Slander half-deaf celebrity (6) The Guardian Cryptic 04 Nov 2024
Slander from French celebrity Mirror Cryptic 13 Aug 2024
Insult Mirror Quick 13 Aug 2024
Harm the reputation of USA Today 23 Jul 2024
Speak ill of Mirror Tea Time 17 Jul 2024
Shamefaced characters cash out, unexpectedly, which will ruin their reputation
To slander
Attack someone's good name
Run down Newsday 03 May 2024
Speak evil of yours truly after fade- out (6)
Slander The Guardian Quick 02 Jan 2024
Slander Mirror Classic 24 Dec 2023
Cast aspersions on New York Times 04 Oct 2023
Malign Eugene Sheffer 26 Aug 2023
Malign Eugene Sheffer 24 Jul 2023
Slag off Guardian setter, turning on a Guardian setter The Guardian Cryptic 21 Jul 2023
Slander American woman, European female intervening The Guardian Cryptic 31 Mar 2023
Slander Premier Sunday 23 Oct 2022
Slander or libel Newsday 02 Oct 2022
Attack the good name of someone Irish Times Simplex 09 May 2022
Smear The Guardian Quick 03 May 2022
Attack the good name of someone Irish Times Simplex 28 Feb 2022
Attack the good name of Irish Times Simplex 07 Jan 2022
Couple of poor grades withheld by lady in disgrace The Times Cryptic 19 Nov 2021
Attack the good name of Irish Times Simplex 23 Oct 2021
Attack the good name of Irish Times Simplex 30 Aug 2021
Run down, fed up, James undressed
Run down verbally Newsday 14 Jan 2021
Subject to slander Wall Street Journal 08 Dec 2020
Slander Universal 19 Sep 2020
Attack the good name of Irish Times Simplex 07 Aug 2020
Slander New York Times 24 Apr 2019
Denigrate, slander Irish Times Simplex 25 Mar 2019
Slander
Sling mud at
Sling mud at USA Today 11 Nov 2018
Damage reputation of French musical
Do a hatchet job on USA Today 25 Mar 2018
Harm the reputation of USA Today 21 Feb 2018
To lie about another. To tell the truth about another The Times Specialist Sunday 07 Jan 2018
Harm the reputation of
Bad-mouth Universal 16 Dec 2017
Endlessly put off covering a mark and smear The Times Cryptic 22 Mar 2017
Endlessly put off covering a mark and smear
Bad-mouth Wall Street Journal 31 Jan 2017
Bad-mouth
Malign revolutionary supplied with answer by me
Malign Eugene Sheffer 24 Nov 2016
Malign revolutionary supplied with answer by me
Slander Wall Street Journal 22 Aug 2016
Give a bad rep to USA Today 23 Jul 2016
Do a hatchet job on pantomime character over engineering loud music Irish Times Crosaire 06 May 2016
Give a bad rep to
Slander
Discredit
Drag through the mud
Smear
Backbite
Ruin a reputation
Malign
Slander
Blacken
Sling mud at
Slander or libel
Slander
Slander
Malign
Give a bad rep
Discredit
Drag through the mud
Discredit
Do some mudslinging
Do some mudslinging
It often goes with de fortune?
Smear
Malign
Run down
Give a black eye
Vilify
Blacken one s name
31 Bad-mouth
Calumniate
Accuse falsely
Knock down
Slander
Malign
Libel
Libel
Libel or slander
Vilify
Do a hatchet job
Calumniate
Calumniate.
Traduce.
Cast aspersions.
Vilipend.
Libel.
Slander.
Malign.
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