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calumniation
ca·lum·ni·ate C0043800 (kə-lŭm′nē-āt′)tr.v. ca·lum·ni·at·ed, ca·lum·ni·at·ing, ca·lum·ni·ates To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about. See Synonyms at malign. [Latin calumniārī, calumniāt-, from calumnia, calumny; see calumny.] ca·lum′ni·a′tion n.ca·lum′ni·a′tor n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | calumniation - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionscalumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquyderogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or somethingassassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputationmalignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamationlibel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living personslander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of anothername 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 |
calumniationnounThe expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone:aspersion, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, scandal, slander, traducement, vilification.Law: libel.calumniation
Synonyms for calumniationnoun the expression of injurious, malicious statements about someoneSynonyms- aspersion
- calumny
- character assassination
- defamation
- denigration
- detraction
- scandal
- slander
- traducement
- vilification
- libel
Synonyms for calumniationnoun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionsSynonyms- calumny
- defamation
- hatchet job
- traducement
- obloquy
Related Words- derogation
- disparagement
- depreciation
- assassination
- blackwash
- character assassination
- malignment
- smear
- vilification
- libel
- slander
- name calling
- names
- epithet
- name
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