| slander | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration |
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| (noun) words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another | - |
| (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, smear, smirch, sully |
| slanderer | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, traducer, vilifier |
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| slanderous | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous |
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| slanderously | (adverb) in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny | Synonyms: calumniously |
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| slanderousness | (noun) The property of being both untrue and harmful to a reputation. | - |
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| slang | (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular |
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| (noun) informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar | Synonyms: slang expression, slang term |
| (verb) abuse with coarse language | - |
| (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, take in |
| (verb) use slang or vulgar language | - |
| slangily | (adverb) with slang; in a slangy manner | - |
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| slanginess | (noun) casualness in use of language | - |
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| slanguage | (noun) language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant | - |
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| slangy | (adjective) constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang | - |
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| slant | (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: pitch, rake |
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| (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: angle |
| (verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: angle, weight |
| (verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: angle, lean, tilt, tip |
| (verb) heel over | Synonyms: cant, cant over, pitch, tilt |
| (verb) lie obliquely | - |
| slanted | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanting, sloped, sloping |
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| (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: biased, colored, coloured, one-sided |
| slanting | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, sloped, sloping |
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| slantingly | (adverb) with a slant | Synonyms: slopingly |
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| slantways | (adverb) at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | Synonyms: slantwise |
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| slantwise | (adverb) at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | Synonyms: slantways |
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