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Showing words for SLANDER using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Slander

darnels, enlards, landers, relands, slander, snarled

6 Letter Words for Slander

aldern, alders, anders, darnel, dearns, denars, elands, enlard, ladens, laders, ladner, lander, landes, larned, learns, lenard, naleds, nerals, randle, ransel, redans, reland, sander, sardel, sendal, snared

5 Letter Words for Slander

alden, alder, andes, andre, anser, arend, arled, arles, arsed, arsle, daler, dales, danes, dares, darns, deals, deans, dearn, dears, denar, derns, eards, earls, earns, eland, elans, laden, lader, lades, lande, lands, lanes, lards, lares, larns, lased, laser, leads, leans, learn, lears, lenad, lends, naled, nards, nares, neals, nears, neral, nerds, rales, rands, rasen, readl, reads, reals, reans, redan, renal, rends, saned, saner, sared, sedan, selar, senal, seral, slade, slane, slare, snare, snarl, snead

4 Letter Words for Slander

aden, alen, ales, ands, anes, anre, ards, ared, aren, ares, arle, daer, daes, dale, dals, dane, dans, dare, darn, dase, deal, dean, dear, deas, dels, dens, dern, eans, eard, earl, earn, ears, elan, elds, ends, eral, eras, erns, lade, lads, laen, laer, land, lane, lard, lare, larn, lars, lase, lead, lean, lear, leas, leda, leds, lena, lend, lens, nael, nale, nard, nare, neal, near, neds, nerd, rade, rads, rale, rals, rand, rane, read, real, rean, reds, rend, sade, sadr, sale, sand, sane, sard, sare, seal, sean, sear, seld, sena, send, slad, sled, snar, sned

3 Letter Words for Slander

ade, ads, aer, aes, ald, ale, aln, als, and, ane, ans, ard, are, arn, ars, ase, asl, dae, dal, dan, dar, das, dea, del, den, der, des, dle, dlr, dna, dsr, ead, ean, ear, eas, eds, ela, eld, els, end, enl, ens, era, erd, ern, ers, esd, esr, lad, lan, lar, las, lea, led, ler, les, lnr, lsd, nad, nae, nar, nas, nea, ned, rad, ran, ras, rea, red, rel, res, rld, rle, rna, rnd, sad, sal, san, sar, sea, sed, sel, sen, ser, sla, sld, sle

Definitions for Slander

[1] defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
[2] a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.
[3] Law . defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
[4] to utter slander against; defame.
[5] to utter or circulate slander.
[6] law defamation in some transient form, as by spoken words, gestures, etc a slanderous statement, etc
[7] any false or defamatory words spoken about a person; calumny
[8] to utter or circulate slander (about)

Words related to Slander

defamation, smear, misrepresentation, disparagement, libel, sully, defile, disparage, scandalize, tarnish, belittle, denigrate, malign, defame, vilify, besmirch, obloquy, lie, hit, aspersion

Words nearby Slander

slam-bang, slam-dunk, slammer, slamming, slamming stile, slander, slang, slang dictionary, slanging match, slanguage, slangy

Origin of Slander

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English s(c)laundre < Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle < Late Latin scandalum cause of offense, snare (see scandal); (v.) Middle English s(c)laundren to cause to lapse morally, bring to disgrace, discredit, defame < Old French esclandrer, derivative of esclandre

Words that may be confused with Slander

defamation, liable, libel, slander, (see, usage, note, at, liable), defame, libel, slander, libel, slander

Other words from Slander

slan·der·er , noun
slan·der·ing·ly , adverb
slan·der·ous , adjective
slan·der·ous·ly , adverb
slan·der·ous·ness , noun
non·slan·der·ous , adjective
out·slan·der , verb (used with object)
qua·si-slan·der·ous , adjective
qua·si-slan·der·ous·ly , adverb
re·slan·der , verb (used with object)
un·slan·dered , adjective
un·slan·der·ous , adjective
un·slan·der·ous·ly , adverb
un·slan·der·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Slander

C13: via Anglo-French from Old French escandle, from Late Latin scandalum a cause of offence; see scandal

Synonyms for Slander

defamation, disparagement, libel, misrepresentation, smear, aspersion, backbiting, calumny, depreciation, detraction, dirt, hit, lie, muckraking, mud, obloquy, rap, scandal, slam, slime, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, black eye, dirty linen, mud-slinging