Calumniate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about. See Synonyms at malign.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make hurtful untrue comments about (someone)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
  • verb-intransitive. To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter calumny regarding; charge falsely and knowingly with some crime or offense, or something disreputable; slander.
  • Synonyms Defame, Calumniate, etc. See asperse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    • Verb Form
    calumniated    calumniates    calumniating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    accuse    charge   
    Hyponym
    libel    drag through the mud    malign    assassinate    badmouth   
    Form
    calumniated    calumniating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    slander    libel    defame   
     
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