The meaning of Calumny

Calumny – definition

noun
The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.
Usage examples:
A bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation
Synonims:
Slander Defamation (of character)Character assassination Misrepresentation of character Evil-speaking Calumniation Libel Scandalmongering Malicious gossip Muckraking Smear campaign Disparage

verb
Slander (someone).
Usage examples:
That passage takes us closer to the reason why he has been hated and calumnied for so long.

Calumny translation into English

Calumny: translate from English into Chinese

诽谤, 谗言, 谤议

Calumny: translate from English into Dutch

Laster, Lastertaal

Calumny: translate from English into French

Calomnie

Calumny: translate from English into German

Verleumdung, Schmähung, Verunglimpfung

Calumny: translate from English into Hindi

चुगली, अभिशाप, अपवाद, बदनामी, फजीहत, झूठा अभियोग, आक्षेप, प्रवाद, कलंक, मिथ्‍यापवाद

Calumny: translate from English into Italian

Calunnia

Calumny: translate from English into Korean

비방

Calumny: translate from English into Russian

Клевета, Клеветнические измышления, Поклеп

Calumny: translate from English into Spanish

Calumnia, Calumnia fortificada

Word origin

late Middle English: from Latin calumnia .

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Calumny – similar words

calumniating

verb
Make false and defamatory statements about.
Usage examples:
He has been calumniating the crown

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calumniates

verb
Make false and defamatory statements about.
Usage examples:
He has been calumniating the crown

All meanings and translations of Calumniates

calumniated

verb
Make false and defamatory statements about.
Usage examples:
He has been calumniating the crown

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calumniate

verb
Make false and defamatory statements about.
Usage examples:
He has been calumniating the crown

verb
To make statements about someone that are not true and that are damaging to their reputation
Usage examples:
He has tried to calumniate and destroy everyone whose opinions differ from his.

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Calumny synonims

disparage

verb
Regard or represent as being of little worth.
Usage examples:
He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors

verb
To criticize someone or something in a way that shows a lack of respect
Usage examples:
He disparages his business competitors, saying they are all a bunch of amateurs compared to him., m…

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libel

noun
A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
Usage examples:
He was found guilty of a libel on a liverpool inspector of taxes

verb
Defame (someone) by publishing a libel.
Usage examples:
The jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper

noun
A piece of writing that says bad, false, and harmful things about a person, or the legal claim you make when you accuse someone in court of writing such things about you
Usage examples:
[ c ] the whole story was a vicious libel., [ u ] angry at what the newspaper had printed, she sued…

All meanings and translations of Libel

muckraking

noun
The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people.
Usage examples:
A muckraking journalist

verb
Search out and publicize scandal about famous people.
Usage examples:
Independent media are not afraid to muckrake and set their own agenda

noun
The activity, especially by newspapers and reporters, of trying to find out unpleasant information about people or organizations in order to make it public
Usage examples:
There was so much muckraking about his family life that he decided not to stand for election.

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slander

noun
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
Usage examples:
He is suing the tv company for slander

verb
Make false and damaging statements about (someone).
Usage examples:
They were accused of slandering the head of state

noun
A false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation, or the making of such a statement
Usage examples:
[ u ] political campaigns are full of shameless slander., her statement was not meant to slander an…

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