traduce

🇺🇸 /trəˈduːs/ 🇬🇧 /trəˈdjuːs/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to speak badly about someone, often by lying or exaggerating

He was falsely accused and tried to defend himself against those who tried to traduce his character.

translation

v. to speak badly about someone, often by lying or exaggerating

Word Forms

3rd Present traduces
Past traduced
Perfect traduced
Progressive traducing