There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; “The journalists have defamed me!”; “The article in the paper sullied my reputation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
defame (third-person singular simple present defames, present participle defaming, simple past and past participle defamed)
To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. [from 4th c.]
(now, chiefly, historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence. [from 14th c.]
To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]
• See also defame
defame (countable and uncountable, plural defames)
(now, rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour. [from 14th c.]
(now, rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel. [from 15th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
De*fame", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaming.] Etym: [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.
De*fame", n.
Definition: Dishonor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2024
(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.