English-Thai Dictionary

traduce

VT พูด ใส่ร้าย  กล่าวร้าย  phud-sai-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRADUCE

v.t.[L. traduco; trans, over, and duco, to lead. ] 1. To represent as blamable; to condemn.
The best stratagem that Satan hath, is by traducing the form and manner of the devout prayers of God's church.
2. To calumniate; to vilify; to defame; willfully to misrepresent.
As long as men are malicious and designing, they will be traducing.
He had the baseness to traduce me in libel.
3. To propagate; to continue by deriving one from another.
From these only the race of perfect animals was propagated and traduced over the earth. [Not in use. ]

 

TRADUCED

pp. Misrepresented; calumniated.

 

TRADUCEMENT

n.Misrepresentation; ill founded censure; defamation; calumny. [Little used. ]

 

TRADUCENT

a.Slandering; slanderous.

 

TRADUCER

n.One that traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRADUCE

Tra *duce ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Traduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Traducing. ]Etym: [L. traducere, traductum, to lead across, lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace, transfer, derive; trans across, over + ducere to lead: cf. F. traduire to transfer, translate, arraign, fr. L. traducere. See Duke. ]

 

1. To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants. [Obs. ] Glanvill.

 

2. To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works. [Obs. ] Golden Boke.

 

3. To increase or distribute by propagation. [Obs. ] From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth. Sir M. Hale.

 

4. To draw away; to seduce. [Obs. ] I can forget the weakness Of the traduced soldiers. Beau. & Fl.

 

5. To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

6. To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame. The best stratagem that Satan hath. .. is by traducing the form and manner of them [prayers ], to bring them into contempt. Hooker. He had the baseness. .. to traduce me in libel. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- To calumniate; vilify; defame; disparage; detract; depreciate; decry; slander.

 

TRADUCEMENT

TRADUCEMENT Tra *duce "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. [R.] Shak.

 

TRADUCENT

Tra *du "cent, a. Etym: [L. traducens, p. pr. of traducere. See Traduce. ]

 

Defn: Slanderous. [R.] Entick.

 

TRADUCER

TRADUCER Tra *du "cer, n.

 

1. One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator. Bp. Hall.

 

2. One who derives or deduces. [Obs. ] Fuller.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

traduce

tra duce |trəˈd (y )o͞os trəˈd (j )us | ▶verb [ with obj. ] speak badly of or tell lies about (someone ) so as to damage their reputation. DERIVATIVES tra duce ment noun, tra duc er noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transport, transmit ’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule, ’ from trans- ‘over, across ’ + ducere ‘to lead. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

traduce

traduce |trəˈdjuːs | ▶verb [ with obj. ] speak badly of or tell lies about (someone ) so as to damage their reputation. DERIVATIVES traducement noun, traducer noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transport, transmit ’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule ’, from trans- ‘over, across ’ + ducere ‘to lead ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

traduce

traduce verb you dare to traduce my family? defame, slander, speak ill of, misrepresent, malign, vilify, denigrate, disparage, slur, impugn, smear, besmirch, run down, blacken the name of, cast aspersions on; informal badmouth, dis.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

traduce

traduce verb it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him on any grounds: defame, slander, speak ill of, speak evil of, gossip about, misrepresent, malign, vilify, calumniate, denigrate, disparage, slur, decry, sully, impugn, smear, besmirch, dishonour, back-bite, revile, run down, blacken the name of, cast aspersions on; informal do a hatchet job on, slag (off ), rubbish, knock, drag someone's name through the mud; N. Amer. informal bad-mouth, dump on; rare asperse. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD traduce, malign, slander, libel, defame See malign . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

traducer

traducer noun defamer, slanderer, calumniator, gossip, vilifier, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, abuser, smearer, detractor; informal mud-slinger, knocker; rare asperser.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

traduce

tra duce /trəd j úːs /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…の悪口を言う, …を中傷する .～ment 名詞 tra d ú c er 名詞 C 中傷する人 .