See defame on Wiktionary
{
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"word": "praise"
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"word": "stand up for"
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"word": "defamingly"
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"word": "degrade"
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"word": "deride"
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"word": "offend"
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"word": "blot one's copy book"
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"word": "debase"
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"word": "dig up dirt"
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"word": "dish the dirt"
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"word": "dirty"
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"word": "gossip"
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"word": "tar"
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"word": "tar and feather"
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"ref": "1697, Virgil, “The Tenth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.",
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}
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"To disgrace; to bring into disrepute."
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"roman": "klevetja",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "клеветя"
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "æruskemma"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "herjata"
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "diffamieren"
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"roman": "sykofantó",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "συκοφαντώ"
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"roman": "livellografó",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "λιβελλογραφώ"
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "whakakino ingoa"
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "difamar"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "defăima"
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"roman": "klevetátʹ",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "клеветати"
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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{
"text": "Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight."
}
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"To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence."
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"(now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence."
],
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]
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"text": "to defame somebody"
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"roman": "pozorja",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "позоря"
},
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"roman": "hulja",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "хуля"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "difamar"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "pomluvit"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "panetella"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "diffamer"
},
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "diffamieren"
},
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakologó",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "κακολογώ"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "κακολογέω"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"roman": "hishmítz",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "השמיץ"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"word": "ukalia"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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],
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"roman": "ponosítʹ",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"word": "поноси́ть"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "cuir sìos air cliù"
},
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"_dis1": "5 2 93",
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "mì-chliùthaich"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"_dis1": "5 2 93",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "arruinar la reputación"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "ärekränka"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mìn-bprà-màat",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "หมิ่นประมาท"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"word": "хули́ть"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"word": "поноси́ть"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "cuir sìos air cliù"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "mì-chliùthaich"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "difamar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "arruinar la reputación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "ärekränka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "förtala"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "baktala"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "baktala"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "smutskasta"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "diskreditera"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mìn-bprà-màat",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "หมิ่นประมาท"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "klevetja",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "клеветя"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "difamar"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "æruskemma"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "herjata"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "diffamieren"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "sykofantó",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "συκοφαντώ"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "livellografó",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "λιβελλογραφώ"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
"word": "whakakino ingoa"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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"word": "клеветати"
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"code": "es",
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