maligner

• Personne qui répand des propos nuisibles, faux ou calomnieux à propos de quelqu'un, nuisant à sa réputation par la diffamation ou des écrits injurieux.

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.

   Calomniateur

   • 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.

   Synonymesbackbiterdefamerdetractorlibelerslanderertraducervilifier