médire
Meanings
Verb
1. to slander, to speak badly of (archaic or literary, archaic, literary)
Examples8
Tu ne dois pas médire de lui.
You shouldn't slander him.
Vous ne devez pas médire de lui.
You shouldn't slander him.
Ne l'écoute pas. Il est du genre à médire les femmes.
Don't listen to him. He's a vilifier of women.
Il y a ceux qui traduisent et ceux qui médisent.
Some translate while others denigrate.
Je ne t'ai jamais entendu médire d'un être humain dans ta vie.
I never heard you speak ill of a human being in your life.
Les animaux, qui ne font rien d'inutile, ne médisent pas sur la mort.
Animals, which do not do a single useless thing, don't speak ill of death.