slandering

English

Verb

slandering

1. present participle of slander

Noun

slandering (plural slanderings)

1. The act of committing slander.
   • 1862, William Cobbett, Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) to Young Women:

     Here are the slanderings, too, going on at home; for, while the husbands are assembled, it would be hard if the wives were not to do the same; and the very least that is to be expected is, that the tea-pot should keep pace with the porter-pot […]

Anagrams

• sanderling