Synonyms of the word

traduce

• v. (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.

asperse

• v. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
• v. To falsely or maliciously charge another.

badmouth

• v. (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

besmirch

• v. (transitive, literary) To make dirty; to soil.
• v. (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation; to debase.

calumniate

• v. (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
• v. (transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage…

defame

• v. To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
• v. (now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.
• v. To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.
• n. (now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour.
• n. (now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel.

denigrate

• v. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
• v. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
• v. (rare) To blacken.

malign

• adj. evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
• adj. malevolent.
• adj. (oncology) malignant.
• v. (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.

slander

• n. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to…
• v. To utter a slanderous statement; baselessly speak ill of.

smear

• v. (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
• v. (transitive) To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
• v. (transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false…
• v. (intransitive) To become spread by smearing.
• v. (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
• n. A mark made by smearing.
• n. (medicine) A Pap smear.
• n. A false attack.
• n. (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe…
• n. (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.

smirch

• n. Dirt, or a stain.
• n. (of a reputation) Stain.
• v. To dirty; to make dirty.

sully

• v. (transitive) to soil or stain; to dirty.
• v. (transitive) to damage or corrupt.
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled or tarnished.