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Synonyms for calumny
ˈkæl əm nicalum·ny
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calumnynoun
Synonyms:
obloquy, defamation, vilificationcalumnynoun
a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money.
Synonyms:
defamation, obloquy, vilificationcalumnynoun
false charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
Synonyms:
defamation, obloquy, vilification
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
calumny
Synonyms:
slander, defamation, detraction, libel, traducement, backbiting, opprobrium, aspersionAntonyms:
vindication, clearance, eulogy, panegyric
Princeton's WordNet
defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet jobnoun
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
Synonyms:
hatchet job, calumniation, traducement, obloquy, defamation, denigration, aspersion, opprobrium, slanderaspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigrationnoun
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Synonyms:
hatchet job, calumniation, sprinkling, traducement, obloquy, defamation, belittling, deprecation, denigration, aspersion, slur, slander
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
calumnynoun
Synonyms:
SLANDER, defamation, aspersion, backbiting, detraction, abuses, scandal, obloquy, false accusation
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#27713 | defamation | |
#28564 | libel | |
#33274 | slander | |
#48046 | sprinkling | |
#59341 | slur | |
#82625 | deprecation | |
#94285 | vilification | |
#107187 | belittling | |
#122178 | denigration | |
#125521 | calumny | |
#166114 | opprobrium | |
#188397 | backbiting | |
#243388 | detraction | |
#278353 | aspersion | |
#291648 | obloquy |
How to use calumny in a sentence?
A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.
This is a disease of people who seek tirelessly to multiply power only aimed at calumny, and to defame and discredit others.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go.
There is not one shred of proof against him. It’s all calumny.
Translations for calumny
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- клеветаBulgarian
- bagvaskelseDanish
- Rufmord, VerleumdungGerman
- calumniaSpanish
- panettelu, herjaus, vääristelyFinnish
- calomnieFrench
- चुगलीHindi
- rágalomHungarian
- kalumnioIdo
- calumniaLatin
- bakvaskelse, baksnakk, baksnakking, baktaling, baktalelseNorwegian
- oszczerstwo, kalumniaPolish
- клеветаRussian
- klevetaSerbo-Croatian
- förtalSwedish
- பழியாகTamil
- karalama, iftira, bühtanTurkish
- calumnyUrdu
- 诽谤Chinese
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