Definition of "defame" in İngilizce

verb

1. To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.

2. (now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.

   • Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.

3. To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.

   • to defame somebody

noun

1. (now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour.

2. (now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel.

adjective

1. (heraldry) Synonym of defamed.