calumniate

  • 11calumniate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make defamatory statements about: asperse, backbite, defame, malign, slander, slur, tear down, traduce, vilify. Law: libel. Idiom: cast aspersions on. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW …

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  • 12calumniate — ca·lum·ni·ate || kÉ™ lÊŒmnɪeɪt v. slander; bad mouth …

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  • 13calumniate — [kə lʌmnɪeɪt] verb formal make false and defamatory statements about. Derivatives calumniation noun calumniator noun …

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  • 14calumniate — v. a. Slander, malign, traduce, defame, vilify, revile, abuse, libel, blacken, blemish, accuse falsely. See asperse …

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  • 15calumniate — verb (T) formal to say untrue and unfair things about someone; slander 2 …

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  • 16calumniate — v 1. slander, libel, impute, asperse, insinuate, traduce, falsify, accuse falsely, misrepresent, belie; injure, abuse, assail, stab, insult, backbite, Sl. badmouth, engage in personalities; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch, besmirch, soil,… …

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  • 17calumniate — ca·lum·ni·ate …

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  • 18calumniate — ca•lum•ni•ate [[t]kəˈlʌm niˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing to make false and malicious statements about; slander • Etymology: 1545–55; < Lcalumniātus ca•lum ni•a′tion, n. ca•lum′ni•a tor, n …

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  • 19calumniate — /kəˈlʌmnieɪt/ (say kuh lumneeayt) verb (t) (calumniated, calumniating) to make false and malicious statements about; slander. {Latin calumniātus, past participle} –calumniator, noun …

  • 20calumniate —   v.t. slander.    ♦ calumnious,    ♦ calumniatory, a.    ♦ calumny,    ♦ calumniation,    ♦ calumniator, n …

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