ಅರ್ಥ : Charge falsely or with malicious intent. Attack the good name and reputation of someone.
						 
						 
					
							ಉದಾಹರಣೆ : 
							The journalists have defamed me!.
							The article in the paper sullied my reputation.
							
					
							ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : 
							asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully