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    TRADUCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they traduce  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it traduces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: traduced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: traduced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: traducing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Speak unfavorably aboutplay

    Example:

    She badmouths her husband everywhere

    Synonyms:

    badmouth; drag through the mud; malign; traduce

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    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)

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