Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slander
Participle: slandered
Gerund: slandering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | slander |
| you | slander |
| he;she;it | slanders |
| we | slander |
| you | slander |
| they | slander |
Perfect
| I | have slandered |
| you | have slandered |
| he;she;it | has slandered |
| we | have slandered |
| you | have slandered |
| they | have slandered |
Past
| I | slandered |
| you | slandered |
| he;she;it | slandered |
| we | slandered |
| you | slandered |
| they | slandered |
Pluperfect
| I | had slandered |
| you | had slandered |
| he;she;it | had slandered |
| we | had slandered |
| you | had slandered |
| they | had slandered |
Future
| I | will slander |
| you | will slander |
| he;she;it | will slander |
| we | will slander |
| you | will slander |
| they | will slander |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slandered |
| you | will have slandered |
| he;she;it | will have slandered |
| we | will have slandered |
| you | will have slandered |
| they | will have slandered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slander |
| you | slander |
| he;she;it | slander |
| we | slander |
| you | slander |
| they | slander |
Perfect
| I | have slandered |
| you | have slandered |
| he;she;it | have slandered |
| we | have slandered |
| you | have slandered |
| they | have slandered |
Imperfect
| I | slandered |
| you | slandered |
| he;she;it | slandered |
| we | slandered |
| you | slandered |
| they | slandered |
Pluperfect
| I | had slandered |
| you | had slandered |
| he;she;it | had slandered |
| we | had slandered |
| you | had slandered |
| they | had slandered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slander |
| you | would slander |
| he;she;it | would slander |
| we | would slander |
| you | would slander |
| they | would slander |
Perfect
| I | would have slandered |
| you | would have slandered |
| he;she;it | would have slandered |
| we | would have slandered |
| you | would have slandered |
| they | would have slandered |
Imperative
| you | slander |
| we | Let's slander |
| you | slander |
Verbs conjugated like 'slander'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slander'
bladder,
blinder,
blunder,
brander,
dander,
flanker,
flinder,
gander,
gladder,
ladder,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
Sample Sentences
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Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough?
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Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him.
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Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […] [1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:]