defame

FREQ #41114

vt. 诽谤, 中伤, 破坏名誉 [法] 诽谤, 中伤, 诋毁名誉

发音

UK /dɪˈfeɪm/
其它

词形变化

defames 复数 defamed defames 三单 defames defamest defameth defaming defaming 现在分词 defamed 过去式 defamed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Disgrace, dishonour.

    古体 可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Defamation; slander, libel.

    古体 可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.

  2. 2.

    To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.

    历史

    Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.

  3. 3.

    To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.

    to defame somebody

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of defamed.

    政治 纹章

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

sully smear slander denigrate asperse besmirch calumniate smirch

上位词 2

charge accuse

下位词 6

assassinate libel badmouth malign drag through the mud traduce

词源

From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

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