calumny (redirected from calumnying)

cal·um·ny  (klm-n)

n. pl. cal·um·nies

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

2. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.

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[Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calv, to deceive.]

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calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ]

n pl -nies

1. the malicious utterance of false charges or misrepresentation; slander; defamation

2. such a false charge or misrepresentation

[from Latin calumnia deception, slander]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calumny - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something assassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation malignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamation libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another name calling, names - verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" epithet, name - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
	2.	calumny - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"

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calumny

noun slander, abuse, insult, smear, libel, stigma, defamation, misrepresentation, lying, vilification, denigration, backbiting, derogation, vituperation, obloquy, aspersion, detraction, calumniation He alleges that he was the victim of calumny and dirty tricks.

Translations

calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ] N (frm) → calumnia f

calumny

n (liter) → Schmähung f (geh), → Verunglimpfung f

calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ] n (frm) → calunnia