| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Defame.[Websters]
2. To be blackened or bespattered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have libelled, maligned, calumniated or slandered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be polluted or tarnished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have denigrated, traduced, badmouthed or belittled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be infected. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have vilified or smeared. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be blemished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have besmirched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have blotted, befouled, contaminated or begrimed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb defame.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (defame) | 1. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!".[Wordnet]. 2. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.[Websters]. 3. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.[Websters]. 4. To charge; to accuse.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: defaming, defamed, defames, defamer, defamers, defamingly and defamedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEFAMED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEFAMED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Slandered; dishonored or injured by evil reports.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of defame. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
