SLANDERING Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in insulting

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verb

present participle of slander

as in libeling

to make untrue and harmful statements about for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity

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Recent Examples of slandering

Verb

Shocking lies Within hours, the administration was slandering her. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2026 And then the media was slandering our dad’s name and reputation after a lifetime of being a fairly wholesome guy. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025 Dos Passos left Spain, but Hemingway didn’t let up, slandering him in print for a good while after. — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 And slandering council members, who publicly supported Madigan before Khadija Walker was nominated, is disrespectful and insulting. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slandering

Adjective

Even instances of heckling at games – over performance on the court – felt good-natured, rather than insulting.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
The adventures of Addison’s titular shilling include being hoarded, offered as a bribe, and sent as an insulting accompaniment to a letter disinheriting a son.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of insulting

Verb

At the entrance of Kollparay, Quispe pauses, taking my hands and smearing them with soil—the soil of her village.

— Paola Miglio, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 June 2026

Definition of smearing

Adjective

The Tarrant County decorum policy prohibits personal attacks, impertinent, profane, obscene, or slanderous remarks as well as threatening, disruptive or unruly behavior.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
Societies throughout history have punished language deemed blasphemous, seditious, inciting or slanderous.

— Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Definition of slanderous

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Miller has denied the allegations and accused his ex-wife of defaming him and abusing their daughter herself.

— Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Rebel Wilson was found not liable of defaming a young actress who played the starring role in her directorial debut, The Deb.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

Definition of defaming

Adjective

Attorneys with Howard Cooper, Todd & Weld, the law firm representing Patrick Clancy, are calling statements like that patently false and defamatory, warning of the real-life consequences making such claims can have.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
According to the motion, the documentary does not reasonably convey the defamatory implications Banks alleges or suggest that the filmmakers intended to convey them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of defamatory

Verb

Policymakers defend draconian cuts to Medicaid by maligning the work ethic or honesty of low-income women, despite substantial evidence to the contrary.

— Jocelyn Frye, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
Underneath it, the authors of the flyer listed a few dubious talking points maligning immigrants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of maligning

Adjective

Felix points to Trump’s disparaging and false comments against Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, which put a target on the back of many Haitian immigrants.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
The irony is that Trump has been more disparaging and dismissive of the military than any other president.

— Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026

Definition of disparaging

Verb

The release of his diaries though, revealed some thoroughly discrediting and upsetting details about Fauci's private beliefs.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Kiryl Pazniak, 49, who hosted a popular political show on YouTube, has been convicted on the charges of discrediting Belarus and forming an extremist organization, the group said — accusations widely used by authorities to stifle critical voices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of discrediting

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