to traduce

Examples

• All

• The newspaper traduced her character with false allegations that damaged her reputation.

• It's a vast web of social complexes, traduced by individual prejudices.

  Blog text (34)

• Sir John Mohune was an officer of the Crown who betrayed his sacred trust, traduced his king and sold his honor for a diamond of great price!

  Moonfleet (1955)

• They insulted, ridiculed, derided, slandered, and traduced them, and in the use of these methods their followers are not less expert.

  Blog text (32)

• (n39) "The masters of slaves," Gideon Johnston wrote, were "generally of the opinion that a slave grows worse by being a Christian; and therefore, instead of instructing them in the principles of Christianity, which is undoubtedly their duty, they malign and traduce those that attempt it."

  Academic text (2006)

• His words are found in the transcript of a 1615 Star Chamber trial of a knight accused of "traducing the public justice"—specifically for sending a private letter to James attacking the conduct of Chief Justice Coke in the trial of the man accused of poisoning Sir Thomas Overbury.

  Academic text (1994)

• They tried to traduce my friend's name by spreading rumors that weren't true.

Synonyms

D

to defile

vsto traduce

38 8.6

To make something dirty or harm its reputation

refers specifically to verbal acts that damage reputation rather than physical dirt

M

to malign

vsto traduce

33 7.7

To say harmful or false things about someone to hurt them

aims specifically to damage reputation, not only to show spite

R

to revile

vsto traduce

• Offensive

23 8.2

To say angry, insulting things about someone or something

focuses more on harming reputation, not just expressing anger or insult

B

to badmouth

vsto traduce

• Informal

15 7.6

To speak badly about someone behind their backs

is stronger in formal intent to damage reputation, possibly using falsehoods

D

to drag through the mud

vsto traduce

• Informal

7 7.9

To speak badly about someone in public to hurt their reputation

can be private or involve false statements, not only public shaming

S

to smirch

vsto traduce

• Archaic

1 9.9

To damage someone's name by saying false things about them

may harm reputation using false or merely very unfavorable statements

Antonyms

D

to defend

691 2.8

To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it

P

praise

161 1.0

Words or actions that show admiration for someone

How Defamatory

to vilify

43 7.9

to slander

• Specialized

31 6.3

to traduce

• Formal

1 9.8

to disparage

28 7.7

to criticize

701 3.3

Surface Forms

Etymology