traduce

  • 11traduce — verb you dare to traduce my family? Syn: defame, slander, speak ill of, misrepresent, malign, vilify, denigrate, disparage, slur, impugn, smear, besmirch, run down, blacken the name of, cast aspersions on; informal badmouth, dis …

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  • 12traduce — /trəˈdjus / (say truh dyoohs) verb (t) (traduced, traducing) to speak evil or maliciously and falsely of; slander, calumniate, or malign: to traduce someone s character. {Latin trādūcere transport, disgrace} –traducer, noun …

  • 13traduce — verb /tɹəˈdjuːs,tɹəˈdus,tɹəˈdjus/ To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. This heavy headed revel east and west<br />Makes us traduced and taxd of other nations: Syn: hand down, bequeath, leave …

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  • 14tradúce — vb., ind. prez. 1 sg. şi 3 pl. tradúc, perf. s. 1 sg. tradúsei, 1 pl. tradúserãm; part. tradús …

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  • 15traduce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. slander, calumniate, vilify, defame, asperse, malign, disparage. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. defame, libel, vilify, betray; see slander . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. vilify, defame,… …

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  • 16traduce — tra|duce [trəˈdju:s US ˈdu:s] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: traducere to lead across, lead (prisoners) in a row so that they will be laughed at , from trans ( TRANS ) + ducere to lead ] formal to deliberately say things that are untrue …

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  • 17traduce — tra|duce [ trə dus ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to say things that will harm someone s reputation …

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  • 18traduce — [[t]trədju͟ːs, AM du͟ːs[/t]] traduces, traducing, traduced VERB: usu passive If someone has been traduced, unpleasant and untrue things have deliberately been said about them. [FORMAL] [be V ed] We have been traduced in the press as xenophobic… …

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  • 19traduce — tra·duce || trÉ™ duːs / dju v. defame, slander …

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  • 20traduce — [trə dju:s] verb speak badly of; tell lies about. Derivatives traducement noun traducer noun Origin C16: from L. traducere lead in front of others, expose to ridicule …

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