v. （使）丢脸；破坏（某人）的名誉，诽谤；指控，控告（defame 的现在分词）

Defame \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or
OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous);
dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See
{Fame}.]
1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to
disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to
dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.

2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.

My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.

3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]

Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the
person of a noble knight. --Sir W.
Scott.

Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}.