to make false and malicious statements about; slander

the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

marshy; wet

a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

characterized by great generosity

frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality

to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person

sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn

very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity

the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair

a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative "Go!"

the state of being dull; lethargy

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock