maligner

• Substantiv für eine Person, die über jemanden schädliche, falsche oder verleumderische Aussagen verbreitet und so dessen Ruf durch Verleumdung oder üble Nachrede schädigt.

A noun referring to a person who speaks harmful, false, or defamatory statements about someone, attacking their reputation through slander or libel.

1. Slanderer or defamerC1formal

   A person who speaks harmful, false, or malicious things about someone else, intending to damage their reputation.

   Verleumder

   • The politician called his opponent a maligner spreading lies.
   • She was known as a maligner who gossiped about everyone in the office.
   • The court found the maligner guilty of libel.

   Synonymebackbiterdefamerdetractorlibelerslanderertraducervilifier