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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defaming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
de-fam-ing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of defame

noun

defamation

Inflected Forms

defamings (plural)

Questions

What does defaming mean?
present participle and gerund of defame

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