TRADUCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they traduce ... he / she / it traduces

Past simple: traduced

Past participle: traduced

-ing form: traducing

Meaning:

Speak unfavorably about

Example:

She badmouths her husband everywhere

Synonyms:

badmouth; drag through the mud; malign; traduce

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "traduce" is one way to...):

asperse; besmirch; calumniate; defame; denigrate; slander; smear; smirch; sully (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)

traducer (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)