defame

Other forms of defame

past tense

defamed·

present participle

defaming·

third person

defames·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about defame

What does defame mean?

defame means "charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone".

How many syllables are in defame?

defame has 2 syllables: de-fame. The stress falls on "fame". In IPA it is /dɪˈfeɪm/.

What is another word for defame?

Close synonyms include slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defame a common word?

defame is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with defame?

1 word rhymes with defame. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.