calumniate
to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
Origin of calumniate
1Other words from calumniate
- ca·lum·ni·a·tion, noun
- ca·lum·ni·a·tor, noun
- non·ca·lum·ni·at·ing, adjective
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How to use calumniate in a sentence
He is already not quite Dole/McCain/Romney, the troika calumniated as sellouts by Cruz at his CPAC speech last week.
Where then did they live, and how—that noble and calumniated couple?
Heart | Martin Farquhar TupperHow came it, then, that the Commons of Great Britain should be calumniated for the course which they have taken?
He was a calumniated man the world conspired to wrong him; he was never a thief nor a rogue in his life.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) | Charles LeverHardly any man was ever more calumniated and reproached than he.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard Baxter
I was then young, and had yet to learn that men were seldom wronged without being calumniated.
The Chainbearer | J. Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for calumniate
/ (kəˈlʌmnɪˌeɪt) /
(tr) to slander
Derived forms of calumniate
- calumniable, adjective
- calumniation, noun
- calumniator, noun
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