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Definition of defamed : of Defame

Synonyms:

depreciated, cast aspersion, lessened, detracted, disparaged, diminished, decried, discounted, derogated, abraded, reduced

maligned, dishonored, mocked, shamed, disgraced, embarrassed, degraded, abased

slandered, smeared, badmouthed, besmirched, pilloried, besmeared, scandalized, libeled, blackened, sullied, calumniated, tarnished, traduced, stigmatized

defiled, vilified, disapproved, denounced, reproached, chastised, admonished, deprecated, chided, blamed, derided, censured, condemned, castigated, renounced, scorned, upbraided, chastened, discredited, denigrated, criticized

Usage examples:

• The bulk of the poem is a defense against charges raised by some of the Tomitans that he has defamed them in his verse. - "The Last Poems of Ovid", Ovid.
• How they've defamed you, and they'll do it even more from now on! - "The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc", Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba.
• And I tell you, let none but a great clerk dispute; the business of a layman when he hears the Christian religion defamed is to defend it with his sharp sword and thrust his weapon into the miscreant's body as far as it will go. - "The Story of Paris", Thomas Okey.