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CALUMNIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calumniate mean? 

CALUMNIATE (verb)
  The verb CALUMNIATE has 1 sense:

1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someoneplay

  Familiarity information: CALUMNIATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALUMNIATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they calumniate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it calumniates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: calumniated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: calumniated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: calumniating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

asperse; besmirch; calumniate; defame; denigrate; slander; smear; smirch; sully

Context example:

The article in the paper sullied my reputation

Hypernyms (to "calumniate" is one way to...):

accuse; charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "calumniate"):

assassinate (destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation)

libel (print slanderous statements against)

badmouth; drag through the mud; malign; traduce (speak unfavorably about)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

calumny (an abusive attack on a person's character or good name)

calumny (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)


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