defame
di faym
- v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- The aggrieved lady said that her former husband was trying to defame her and she would file a defamation suit.
- Stallings characterized the Post's reporting as another "effort on the part of white media to discredit, destroy and defame African-American male leadership.
- Say what you will about a scientist's research, but take care when you defame the scientist.