Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to defame
Participle: defamed
Gerund: defaming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | defame |
| you | defame |
| he;she;it | defames |
| we | defame |
| you | defame |
| they | defame |
Perfect
| I | have defamed |
| you | have defamed |
| he;she;it | has defamed |
| we | have defamed |
| you | have defamed |
| they | have defamed |
Past
| I | defamed |
| you | defamed |
| he;she;it | defamed |
| we | defamed |
| you | defamed |
| they | defamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had defamed |
| you | had defamed |
| he;she;it | had defamed |
| we | had defamed |
| you | had defamed |
| they | had defamed |
Future
| I | will defame |
| you | will defame |
| he;she;it | will defame |
| we | will defame |
| you | will defame |
| they | will defame |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defamed |
| you | will have defamed |
| he;she;it | will have defamed |
| we | will have defamed |
| you | will have defamed |
| they | will have defamed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | defame |
| you | defame |
| he;she;it | defame |
| we | defame |
| you | defame |
| they | defame |
Perfect
| I | have defamed |
| you | have defamed |
| he;she;it | have defamed |
| we | have defamed |
| you | have defamed |
| they | have defamed |
Imperfect
| I | defamed |
| you | defamed |
| he;she;it | defamed |
| we | defamed |
| you | defamed |
| they | defamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had defamed |
| you | had defamed |
| he;she;it | had defamed |
| we | had defamed |
| you | had defamed |
| they | had defamed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would defame |
| you | would defame |
| he;she;it | would defame |
| we | would defame |
| you | would defame |
| they | would defame |
Perfect
| I | would have defamed |
| you | would have defamed |
| he;she;it | would have defamed |
| we | would have defamed |
| you | would have defamed |
| they | would have defamed |
Imperative
| you | defame |
| we | Let's defame |
| you | defame |
Verbs conjugated like 'defame'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'defame'
deface,
dename,
beframe,
bename,
deage,
deave,
debase,
debate,
decage,
decamp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- defame
- blacken, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish
- To satirize or poke fun at.
- lampoon, mock
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
- To make false defamatory statements about someone.
- malign
- To injure by aspersion.
- spatter
- slander
- besmirch, calumniate, malign, denigrate, traduce
Antonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- praise, stand up for
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1303, from O.Fr.
defamer, from M.L.
defamare, from L.
diffamare "to spread abroad by ill report," from
dis- suggestive of ruination +
fama "a report, rumor."
2. From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”). See: Latin '
diffāmō'.
Verbs referencing "defame"
Spanish
difamar.
Sample Sentences
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My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. [1697, Virgil, “The Tenth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
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to defame somebody