slander (noun) slander: scandalous remark
Detalii: libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement'slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation
Sinonime: aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, black eye,
calumny,
defamation, depreciation, detraction,
dirt*, dirty linen, disparagement,
hit*, libel,
lie, misrepresentation, muckraking, mud, mud-slinging, obloquy, rap,
scandal,
slam*, slime, smear,
taleAntonime: glorification, nicety,
praise