Verbal Untruth That Hurts a Reputation
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Architectural Styles, Group 1162, Puzzle 4 (Dame Zaha Hadid).
Question is: Verbal Untruth That Hurts a Reputation
and the answer is: SLANDER
Word Meaning:
SLANDER — A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Definitions from Wiktionary.