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Crossword-Solution: SLANDER 7 letters, 98 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Slander n. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to
injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory
reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the
injury of another.
Slander n. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Slander n. Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written;
in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false,
malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation
of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
Slander v. t. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false
report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales
maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
Slander v. t. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.

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Word Anagrams
SLANDER anagram DARNELS, LANDERS, SANDLER, SNARLED

We have 98 clues for the answer “SLANDER”

Clue Answers
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another 1 answer
"Meanest spawn of hell." 1 answer
"Ordeal by ___"—Lattimore. 1 answer
Basis of some campaign speeches. 1 answer
Calumniation. 1 answer
Defamation of a sort 1 answer
Defamation of character by spoken words, signs, gestures, etc. 1 answer
Defamatory speech 1 answer
Defame verbally 1 answer
Falsely malign 1 answer
Injure by malicious talk. 1 answer
Knock out loud 1 answer
Libel's counterpart 1 answer
Libel's kin 1 answer
Libel's spoken equivalent 1 answer
Libel, in speech 1 answer
Oral defamation 1 answer
false and malicious statement about a person 1 answer
Weapon of the "witch-hunters." 1 answer
Verbal defamation 1 answer
Unkind gossip. 1 answer
Trash, to say the least 1 answer
Throw dirt on 1 answer
Spoken slur 1 answer
Smear with mud, say 1 answer
Smear tactics 1 answer
Public defamation 1 answer
Malicious report. 1 answer
False report 2 answers
Actionable words 2 answers
Lawsuit cause 2 answers
Damaging remark 2 answers
Polynesian, e.g. 2 answers
Run down , in a way 2 answers
Tell lies about 2 answers
Cause for legal action. 2 answers
Spoken defamation 2 answers
Defamation of character. 2 answers
Sling mud 3 answers
ATTACK the reputation of 3 answers
ATTACK reputation 3 answers
Dirt, so to speak 3 answers
disparaging words 3 answers
give a bad name 4 answers
Speak badly of 4 answers
Character assassination 5 answers
ACTIVE dislike 5 answers
Sling mud at 5 answers
foul language 7 answers
Vilification 8 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with SLANDER (5)

The antics of the Kay family earned Mason a respectable following in his articles and contributions as well as several libel and slander suits from the Kays.
Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993
Then, I said, my dear friend, let none of the poets tell us that The gods, taking the disguise of strangers from other lands, walk up and down cities in all sorts of forms; and let no one slander Proteus and Thetis, neither let any one, either in tragedy or in any other kind of poetry, introduce Here disguised in the likeness of a priestess asking an alms For the life-giving daughters of Inachus the river of Argos; --let us have no more lies of that sort.
Plato's Republic Plato 2008
How are we to explain his only giving Rachel her birthday present conditionally on her mother being alive?” “I don’t want to slander a dead man, sir,” I answered.
The Moonstone Wilkie Collins 1994
But 'less'n I IS a liah, en 'less'n I AIN' got good eyes, Jeff is gwine ter meet dat 'oman dis ebenin' long 'bout eight o'clock right down dere by de crick in de swamp 'bout halfway betwix' dis plantation en Mars' Marrabo Utley's.' "Well, Chloe tol' Hannibal she didn' b'liebe a wud he said, en call' 'im a low-down nigger who wuz tryin' ter slander Jeff 'ca'se he wuz mo' luckier'n he wuz.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various 2008
Before dismissing Ivan Mironov, the judge severely admonished him, saying he ought to take care in the future not to accuse respectable people, and that he also ought to be thankful that he was not forced to pay the costs, and that he had escaped a prosecution for slander, for which he would have been condemned to three months’ imprisonment.
The Forged Coupon and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1995

Quotes with SLANDER (3)

To be pleasant, gentle, calm and self-possessed: this is the basis of good taste and charm in a woman. No matter how amorous or passionate you may be, as long as you are straightforward and refrain from causing others embarrassment, no one will mind. But women who are too vain and act pretentiously, to the extent that they make others feel uncomfortable, will themselves become the object of attention; and once that happens, people will find fault with whatever they say or do;…
Murasaki Shikibu The Diary of Lady Murasaki
In crime and enmity they lie Who sin and tell us love can die, Who say to us in slander's breath That love belongs to sin and death.
John Clare Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.
Thomas Carlyle On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 47 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).