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Search phrase: defame

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.123That England was defamed by tyranny.That England was defam'd by Tyrannie.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.768 Blind muffled bawd, dark harbour for defame, Blinde muffled bawd, darke harber for defame,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.817 Feast-finding minstrels tuning my defame Feast-finding minstrels tuning my defame,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1033 But if I live, thou liv'st in my defame. But if I liue thou liu'st in my defame;

Glossary

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blasphemeslander, defame, defile
blurblot, stain, defame
clouddefame, blacken, sully
defacedisfigure, defame, mar
defamedishonour, disgrace, make infamous
defamedisgrace, infamy, dishonour
depravedefame, disparage, deride
depravedslandered, disparaged, defamed
infamonizebrand with infamy, defame
scandalizeddisgraced, defamed, made a subject of scandal
traducedefame, slander, calumniate, dishonour

Thesaurus

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defameblaspheme
defameblur
defamecloud
defameinfamonize
defametraduce
defamedeface
defamedeprave
defameddepraved
defamedscandalized

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DEFAMEBASICsee FAME
FAMENOTdefame n, defame v

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