noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈslɑːndə/
Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:/ˈslandə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈslændɚ/
Australian:/ˈslaːndə/
Australian:/ˈslændə/
New-Zealand:/ˈslaːndə/
New-Zealand:/ˈslɛndə/
rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
rhymes with -ɑːndə
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Vehement (and often exaggerated) criticism of a character, franchise, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Narrower terms: assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
History
Etymology
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
Across languages
Translations
213 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
shpifje
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Arabic:
تَشْهِير
(tašhīr)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Arabic:
اِفْتِرَاء
(iftirāʔ)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Arabic:
بُهْتَان
(buhtān)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Arabic:
سِعَايَة
(siʕāya)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Armenian:
զրպարտություն
(zrpartutʻyun)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Azerbaijani:
böhtan
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Azerbaijani:
iftira
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Belarusian:
паклёп
(pakljóp)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Belarusian:
намо́ва
(namóva)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Belarusian:
нагаво́р
(nahavór)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Bengali:
এলজাম
(eljam)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Bulgarian:
клевета́
(klevetá)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Bulgarian:
ху́ла
(húla)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Bulgarian:
хула́
(hulá)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Catalan:
calúmnia
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Catalan:
injúria
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Chinese Mandarin:
毀謗 /毁谤
(huǐbàng)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Chinese Mandarin:
誹謗 /诽谤
(fěibàng)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Chinese Mandarin:
謗 /谤
(bàng)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Chinese Mandarin:
誣蔑 /诬蔑
(wūmiè)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Chinese Mandarin:
讒言 /谗言
(chányán)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Chinese Mandarin:
中傷 /中伤
(zhòngshāng)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Cornish:
sklander
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Czech:
pomluva
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Czech:
kleveta
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Danish:
bagvaskelse
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Dutch:
laster
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Esperanto:
kalumnio
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Finnish:
suullinen kunnianloukkaus
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
French:
diffamation (orale)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
French:
calomnie (orale)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Georgian:
ცილისწამება
(cilisc̣ameba)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
German:
Verleumdung
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
German:
Lästerung
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
German:
Diffamierung
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Gothic:
𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃
(wajamēreins)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Greek:
συκοφαντία
(sykofantía)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Greek:
διαβολή
(diavolí)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Ancient Greek:
διαβολή
(diabolḗ)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Ancient Greek:
βλασφημία
(blasphēmía)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Hindi:
मानहानि
(mānhāni)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Hindi:
लांछन
(lāñchan)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Hungarian:
rágalom
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Hungarian:
rágalmazás
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Icelandic:
rógur
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Icelandic:
rógburður
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Irish:
míchlú
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Italian:
calunnia
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Italian:
diffamazione
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Italian:
maldicenza
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Italian:
chiacchiera
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Italian:
diceria
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Japanese:
中傷
(chūshō)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Japanese:
誹謗
(hibō)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Japanese:
讒言
(zangen)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Kazakh:
жала
(jala)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Korean:
악담
(akdam)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Korean:
중상
(jungsang)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Korean:
훼방
(hwebang)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Korean:
비방
(bibang)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Korean:
손가락질
(son'garakjil)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Kyrgyz:
жалаа
(jalaa)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Latin:
calumnia
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Latin:
blasphēmia
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Latvian:
apmelošana
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Lithuanian:
apkalba
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Lithuanian:
pljotkai
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Macedonian:
клевета
(kleveta)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Malay:
fitnah
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Māori:
komekome
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Māori:
whakakinokino
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Māori:
tarawau
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Norwegian Bokmål:
bakvaskelse
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Persian:
تُهمَت
(tohmat)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Persian:
اِفتِرا
(efterâ)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Persian:
بُهتان
(bohtân)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Persian:
سِعایَت
(se'âyat)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Plautdietsch:
Lastrunk
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Polish:
oszczerstwo
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Polish:
pomówienie
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Polish:
zniesławienie
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Portuguese:
calúnia
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Portuguese:
injúria
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Portuguese:
aleive
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Portuguese:
aleivosia
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Romanian:
defăimare
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Romanian:
calomnie
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
клевета́
(klevetá)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
злосло́вие
(zloslóvije)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
наве́т
(navét)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
нагово́р
(nagovór)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
хула́
(xulá)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
поноше́ние
(ponošénije)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
поро́чение
(poróčenije)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
ха́янье
(xájanʹje)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
поклёп
(pokljóp)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Russian:
напра́слина
(napráslina)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Samogitian:
pljotkā
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Serbo-Croatian:
potvora
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Serbo-Croatian:
hula
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Serbo-Croatian:
клѐвета
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Serbo-Croatian:
о̏бједа
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Serbo-Croatian:
klèveta
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Serbo-Croatian:
ȍbjeda
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Slovak:
ohováranie
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Slovak:
hanobenie
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Slovak:
klebeta
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Slovene:
kleveta
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Somali:
xan
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Swahili:
kashfa
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Swedish:
förtal
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Tagalog:
paninirang-puri
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Tajik:
туҳмат
(tuhmat)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Tajik:
буҳтон
(buhton)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Tajik:
ифтиро
(iftiro)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Tajik:
сиоят
(sioyat)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Telugu:
కొండెము
(koṇḍemu)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Turkish:
sözel iftira
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Turkish:
sözle iftira
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Turkish:
şifahi iftira
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Turkish:
iftira
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Ukrainian:
на́клеп
(náklep)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Ukrainian:
по́клеп
(póklep)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Ukrainian:
обмо́ва
(obmóva)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Ukrainian:
лихослі́в'я
(lyxoslívʺja)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Urdu:
بُہْتان
(bohtān)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Urdu:
اِہانَت
(ihānat)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Urdu:
سِعایَت
(si'āyat)
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Uzbek:
tuhmat
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Uzbek:
boʻhton
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Uzbek:
gʻiybat
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Uzbek:
iftiro
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Welsh:
athrod
— false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Bengali:
এলজাম দেওয়া
(elzam deẇa)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Bulgarian:
клеветя
(klevetja)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Catalan:
calumniar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Catalan:
injuriar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Chinese Mandarin:
毀謗 /毁谤
(huǐbàng)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Chinese Mandarin:
誹謗 /诽谤
(fěibàng)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Chinese Mandarin:
中傷 /中伤
(zhòngshāng)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Chinese Mandarin:
詆毀 /诋毁
(dǐhuǐ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Cornish:
sklandra
— utter a slanderous statement about
Czech:
pomluvit
— utter a slanderous statement about
Danish:
bagtale
— utter a slanderous statement about
Dutch:
smaden
— utter a slanderous statement about
Dutch:
lasteren
— utter a slanderous statement about
Esperanto:
kalumnii
— utter a slanderous statement about
Farefare:
dõrɛ
— utter a slanderous statement about
Finnish:
suullisesti loukata jonkun kunniaa
— utter a slanderous statement about
Finnish:
panetella
— utter a slanderous statement about
French:
calomnier verbalement
— utter a slanderous statement about
Galician:
deostar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Galician:
calumniar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Galician:
inxuriar
— utter a slanderous statement about
German:
mündlich verleumden
— utter a slanderous statement about
German:
mündlich verunglimpfen
— utter a slanderous statement about
German:
verleumden
— utter a slanderous statement about
German:
diffamieren
— utter a slanderous statement about
German:
schmähen
— utter a slanderous statement about
Gothic:
𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽
(wajamērjan)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Greek:
συκοφαντώ
(sykofantó)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Greek:
διαβάλλω
(diavállo)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Greek:
διασύρω
(diasýro)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Ancient Greek:
διαβάλλω
(diabállō)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Ancient Greek:
ὄνομαι
(ónomai)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Hindi:
लांछन लगाना
(lāñchan lagānā)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Hungarian:
rágalmaz
— utter a slanderous statement about
Italian:
diffamare
— utter a slanderous statement about
Italian:
infangare
— utter a slanderous statement about
Italian:
infamare
— utter a slanderous statement about
Italian:
denigrare
— utter a slanderous statement about
Italian:
calunniare
— utter a slanderous statement about
Japanese:
中傷する
(chūshō suru)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Japanese:
讒言する
(zangen suru)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Korean:
갈붙이다
(galbuchida)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Korean:
훼방하다
(hwebanghada)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Korean:
중상하다
(jungsanghada)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Korean:
자훼하다
(jahwehada)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Korean:
손가락질하다
(son'garakjilhada)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Lithuanian:
šmeižti
— utter a slanderous statement about
Luxembourgish:
beklaatschen
— utter a slanderous statement about
Macedonian:
клевети
(kleveti)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Māori:
tūtara
— utter a slanderous statement about
Māori:
tarawau
— utter a slanderous statement about
Māori:
mure
— utter a slanderous statement about
Moore:
rõde
— utter a slanderous statement about
Moore:
dõde
— utter a slanderous statement about
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sverta
— utter a slanderous statement about
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ærekrenkja
— utter a slanderous statement about
Polish:
szkalować
— utter a slanderous statement about
Portuguese:
caluniar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Portuguese:
injuriar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Portuguese:
difamar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Romanian:
defăima
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
клевета́ть
(klevetátʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
злосло́вить
(zloslóvitʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
поро́чить
(poróčitʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
ха́ять
(xájatʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
хули́ть
(xulítʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
нагова́ривать
(nagovárivatʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Russian:
очерня́ть
(očernjátʹ)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Scottish Gaelic:
càin
— utter a slanderous statement about
Serbo-Croatian:
klevetati
— utter a slanderous statement about
Serbo-Croatian:
клеветати
— utter a slanderous statement about
Spanish:
calumniar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Spanish:
dejar negro
— utter a slanderous statement about
Spanish:
pelar
— utter a slanderous statement about
Swedish:
baktala
— utter a slanderous statement about
Swedish:
förtala
— utter a slanderous statement about
Thai:
ใส่ร้าย
(sài-ráai)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Thai:
นินทา
(nin-taa)
— utter a slanderous statement about
Welsh:
athrodi
— utter a slanderous statement about