infamize en · VERB
Etymology
From infamy + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make infamous; to defame or smear.
Or is some knot of riotous slanderers leagued To infamize the name of the King's brother With a lie black as Hell?
1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Zapolya:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| infamizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| infamizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| infamized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| infamized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
disparage · besmirch · bewray · denigrate · blacken · muddy · deprave · chat shite · backbite · denigrate · belibel · befoul · badmouth · libel · slander · blemish · foul · drag through the mud · vilify · lampoon · stab · forspeak · calumniate · stain · disrepute · talk shite · monsterize · demonize · blur · spot · smirch · blot · speak ill of · detract · smear · disgrace · forgab · malign · vilipend · assassinate · traduce · besmear · vilify · spatter · infamize · traduce · talk shit · shit-talk · talk trash · wrong · depreciate · calumny · sully · blaze · asperse · torch · tarnish · trash-talk · blame · cloud · villainize · defame · slag · diss · unflatter · chat shit · discredit · dirty · reproach · revile · scandal