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Calumniate

verb
(past & past part. calumniated; pres. part. calumniating)
1.
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.  Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully.  "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"





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"Calumniate" Quotes from Famous Books



... thy useless passion; the good father, though he cannot intentionally calumniate thy father, speaks, it ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott
... happens that a man is ignorant of rumors that are afloat about him. A whole town may be talking of his affairs; may calumniate and decry him, but if he has no good friends, he will know nothing about it. Now the innocent du Bousquier was superb in his ignorance. No one had told him as yet of Suzanne's revelations; he therefore appeared very jaunty ...
— The Jealousies of a Country Town • Honore de Balzac


Words linked to "Calumniate" :   charge, badmouth, traduce, assassinate, accuse, libel, calumny, drag through the mud, malign


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