calumniate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈlʌmni.eɪt/

Verb

calumniate (calumniates, present participle calumniating; past and past participle calumniated)

1. (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.

   • Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.

   • 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, chapter 1

     There are adherents of each of the four French parties—Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, and Republicans—in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe, decry, and calumniate each other.

2. (transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.

Synonyms

• (to make hurtful untrue statements): slander
• See also Thesaurus:defame

Related terms

• calumniation
• calumniator
• calumniatory
• calumnious
• calumny

Translations

• French: calomnier
• German: verleumden
• Italian: calunniare
• Portuguese: caluniar
• Russian: оклеветать
• Spanish: calumniar

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