slanderer

Definition of slanderernext

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Noun
  • The picture is rumored to be portraying Altman as a pathological liar and Musk (Ike Barinholtz) as highly antipathetic.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 June 2026
  • In Count My Lies, based on Sophie Stava's bestselling thriller novel of the same name, Woodley plays as Sloane, a compulsive liar who stars working as a nanny, for Violet, played by Lindsay Lohan.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • Martinez called Mejia a shameless perjurer who became a government witness only after reviewing the evidence against him and realizing he was caught dead to rights for his own crimes.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
  • Banks’s pathos matches that shown to Kennisha — a remarkable feat of storytelling that Just Mercy never achieves with its pathetic hillbilly perjurer (Tim Blake Nelson).
    Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
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“Slanderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanderer. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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