slander
/ˈslɑːndə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [slˈændɚ] /ˈslændər/ (ame, ipa) · [slˈændɚ] /ˈslan-dər How to pronounce slander (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ˈslɑːn.dər/ (bre, ipa) · [slˈændɚ] /ˈslæn.dɚ/ (ame, ipa)
slander — noun
- slandersingular
- slandersplural
1. damaging talk that falsely accuses someone and makes other people think less of
damaging talk that falsely accuses someone and makes other people think less of them, or the act of spreading that kind of talk.
The rumor about Noor was pure slander and filled the office with gossip by noon.
uncountable: pure slander
Ignacio filed a complaint after a radio host repeated a slander against his family.
a slander against + [person/group]
The lawyer said the principal's speech could amount to slander after the theft claim.
A false voice message about Bao's clinic sparked an expensive slander case.
Tamar knew the accusation was slander because she had never entered the man's shop.
- libel
the matching legal term for written or published false claims
- defamation
the broad legal category covering both spoken and written attacks
- smear
less technical and often used for a planned public attack
文法句型
pure slander
a slander against + person
amount to slander
用法筆記
Usually used for spoken false accusations; if the same claim appears in print or online as published text, libel is often the more exact word. In legal contexts, slander can mean either the harmful statement itself or the offence of making it.
常見錯誤
slander — verb
- slanderpresent simple I / you / we / they
- slanders3rd person singular
- slandering-ing form
- slanderedpast simple
1. to hurt a person's good name by telling untrue stories about them aloud.
to hurt a person's good name by telling untrue stories about them aloud.
A caller slandered Iris on live radio by inventing a story about stolen exam papers.
slander someone by inventing a story
The candidate said rival radio shows were trying to slander him before the town election.
try to slander + person
Christopher warned staff not to slander former workers in the company chat.
Noor claimed the post slandered the cafe owner by saying the shop stole charity money.
The gossip show slandered Bao's sister with a completely false story about an affair.
文法句型
slander + person
slander someone by + -ing
be slandered by + speaker/source
用法筆記
Usually takes the harmed person as its direct object and often shows the false claim with by + -ing or with + story. It most often suggests spoken attacks, while published material is more often described as libel.