About The Word Calumniate
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Calumniate
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What's The Definition Of Calumniate?
[v] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Calumniate: asperse | besmirch | defame | denigrate | slander | smear | smirch | sully Related Terms | Find terms related to Calumniate: See Also | accuse | assassinate | badmouth | charge | drag through the mud | libel | malign | traduce Calumniate In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of
calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.]
To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or
of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and
calumniate all godly men's doings. --Strype.
{Syn}. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce;
belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See {Asperse}.
\Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime. |
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