defamer

Thân thiện

A defamer spreads false rumors about a neighbor.

Definition

Noun: A person who damages the good reputation of someone else by making false and harmful spoken statements (slander) or written statements (libel).

Usage

A "defamer" is a formal or legal term for someone who commits the act of defamation. It labels a person by their harmful action of spreading untruths to harm another's character. - The journalist was sued for being a defamer after publishing lies about the mayor. - In court, she was proven to be the defamer who started the malicious rumors.

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: The term is frequently used in legal settings concerning lawsuits for slander or libel.
  • The plaintiff's lawyer described the defendant as a habitual defamer.
• Formal Accusation: It carries a strong accusatory tone and is used to formally assign blame.
  • He was publicly branded a defamer by the community he had wronged.

Variants and Related Words

• Defame (verb): To damage the good reputation of someone.
  • He sought to defame his business rival.
• Defamation (noun): The act of defaming.
  • The article was a clear case of defamation.
• Defamatory (adjective): Harmful and often false; damaging to reputation.
  • She made defamatory comments about her former employer.

Synonyms

• Slanderer: One who makes false statements damaging to a person's reputation.
• Libeler: One who publishes a false statement damaging to a person's reputation.
• Traducer: One who speaks badly of or misrepresents someone.
• Vilifier: One who speaks or writes about someone in an abusively disparaging manner.

Related Phrases

• Character assassin: (Idiom) A person who tries to destroy someone's reputation, often unfairly.
  • The political operative was known as a ruthless character assassin.

Học thuật

Noun

1. one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

Từ đồng nghĩa

• maligner
• slanderer
• vilifier
• libeler
• backbiter
• traducer