Calumny

Word CALUMNY
Character 7
Hyphenation cal um ny
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Calumny"

What do we mean by calumny?

A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation. noun

The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander. noun

False accusation of crime, misconduct, or defect, knowingly or maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; untruth maliciously spoken, to the detraction of another; a defamatory report; slander. noun

Synonyms Lying, falsehood, libel, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, defamation, evil-speaking. noun

False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. noun

A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another. noun

False charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing. noun

An abusive attack on a person's character or good name noun

A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions noun

A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.

Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Calumny

The word "calumny" in example sentences

Well, yes, you can request the candidate, to ‘Write a short note on the word calumny above, ’ or ask ‘From what is it derived? ❋ Unknown (1920)

It was the word calumny that offended him most, that, and the idea that he, the Marquis of Trowbridge, should be called upon to promise not to commit an offence! ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

Yet even calumny is sagacious enough to discover and to attack the most vulnerable part. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Yesterday's term was calumny, which is defined as: ❋ Unknown (2006)

(Laugier, tom.ii. p. 119) accuse the emperor Manuel; but the calumny is refuted by Villehardouin and the older writers, who suppose that Dandolo lost his eyes by a wound, (No. 31, and ❋ Unknown (1206)

When they place these phrases in opposition to each other, they do this, not from the meaning which I affix to them, but from their own; and, therefore, according to the signification which they give to them severally, they fabricate this calumny, which is an act of iniquity. ❋ 1560-1609 (1956)

Objectively, a calumny is a mortal sin when it is calculated to do serious harm to the person so traduced. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Wicked doers and speakers alike delight in calumny. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Now, I am receiving for all this a guerdon of blame and calumny, which is cast upon me in order to cover up faults which have been committed by others in past days. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)

Another calumny is their charging us with opposition to the fathers, -- I mean the writers of the earlier and purer ages, -- as if those writers were abettors of their impiety; whereas, if the contest were to be terminated by this authority, the victory in most parts of the controversy -- to speak in the most modest terms -- would be on our side. ❋ Edmund Spenser (1730)

Defamation-also called calumny, vilification, slander (for transitory statements), and libel ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the coming days, commentators will be scrambling for their thesauruses to find new ways to describe the mounting criticism of Attorney General Gonzales (try "calumny" or "obloquy" for starters). ❋ Unknown (2008)

I know no kind of calumny more frightful or frequent than this which takes away the character of women, no men more reckless and mischievous than those who lightly use it, and no kind of cowards more despicable than the people who invent these slanders. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We consider therefore not the calumny which is reckoned such by the moralities of an earthly court, but that which is found guilty by the spiritualities of the courts of heaven -- that is, the mind of God. ❋ Frederick W. Robertson (N/A)

The latter refused to recognize her as his daughter, practically disowned his son, and heaped the harshest kind of calumny upon the Sedgwicks. ❋ Unknown (1902)

The latter refused to recognize her as his daughter, practically disowned his son, and heaped the harshest kind of calumny upon the ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)

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