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defame
/dɪˈfeɪm/
verb 3noun 2adj 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
growing
VERB + DEFAME
breed, didn't, want, wanted
DEFAME + NOUN
anyone, blackness, rima, somebody
Definitions
verb
1
To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
2
To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.
Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
3
To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.
to defame somebody
noun
1
Disgrace, dishonour.
And all the sparks that may bring unto flame / Hate betwixt man and wife, or breed defame.
2
Defamation; slander, libel.
adj
1
Synonym of defamed.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
Wiktionary02
Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
Wiktionary03
to defame somebody
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And all the sparks that may bring unto flame / Hate betwixt man and wife, or breed defame.
Wiktionary05
Sami didn't want to defame anyone.
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Yanni wanted to defame Rima.
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