Definitions for defame

defame de·fame

Spelling: [dih-feym]
IPA: /dɪˈfeɪm/

Defame is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in defame (adeefm).

Definitions for defame

verb (used with object)

  1. to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate:
  2. Archaic. to disgrace; bring dishonor upon.
  3. Archaic. to accuse.

Origin of defame

1275-1325; Middle English defamen (Anglo-French defamer) Medieval Latin dēfāmāre, by-form of Medieval Latin, Latin diffāmāre (dē- de- for dif-; compare Latin dēfāmātus

Examples for defame

Mr. Taniguchi allegedly continued to defame her to clients, intimidating them into dropping commercial deals with her.

On this principle they defame, persecute, and destroy every one who displeases them.

They not only defame Wilson, but they contend that the part we played in the war has been overestimated.

No cruelty must ever defame it, no malice, no gross bitterness!

But this is often seen as little more than a way of trying to defame Edward III on the continent.

I have done nothing to defame your character, in spite of what has passed.

When we tell lies about our neighbor and slander or defame him in our conversation.

For those who wish to defame you will assert that I am wise, though I am not.

Sometimes she does it to defame them, other times to make it seem as if they shared her ideology.

We are outcasts from Deity, therefore we defame the place of our exile.

Word Value for defame
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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