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traduce

verb
Quick answer

As a verb, traduce means malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.

Meanings of traduce

4 meanings

verb

  1. To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.

  2. Speak unfavorably about

    “She badmouths her husband everywhere”

    Similar: badmouth, malign, drag through the mud
Older and rare meanings (2)

  1. archaicTo pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.

  2. archaicTo pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: speak unfavorably about
badmouthmaligndrag through the mud

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