TRADUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traduce mean? 

• TRADUCE (verb)
  The verb TRADUCE has 1 sense:

1. speak unfavorably about

  Familiarity information: TRADUCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRADUCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they traduce    ... he / she / it traduces   
Past simple: traduced   
Past participle: traduced   
-ing form: traducing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak unfavorably about

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

badmouth; drag through the mud; malign; traduce

Context example:

She badmouths her husband everywhere

Hypernyms (to "traduce" is one way to...):

asperse; besmirch; calumniate; defame; denigrate; slander; smear; smirch; sully (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)

traducer (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)