Definitions for calumniate
kəˈlʌm niˌeɪtca·lum·ni·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb

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

   "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. calumniateverb

   To make hurtful untrue comments about (someone)

2. Etymology: From calumniatus, perfect active participle of calumnior.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Calumniateverb

   To slander.

   One trade or art, even those that should be the most liberal, shall make it their business to disdain and calumniate another. Thomas Sprat.

2. To Calumniateverb

   To accuse falsely; to charge without just ground.

   Etymology: calumnior, Lat.

   Beauty, wit, high birth, desert in service,
   Love, friendship, charity, are subject all
   To envious and calumniating time. William Shakespeare, Tr. and Cress.

   He mixes truth with falsehood, and has not forgotten the old rule of calumniating strongly, that something may remain. John Dryden, Fables, Preface.

   Do I calumniate! thou ungrateful Vanoc! ——
   Perfidious prince! —— Is it a calumny
   To say, that Gwendolen betroth’d to Yver,
   Was by her father first assur’d to Valens? Ambrose Philips, Brit.

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1. calumniate

   Calumniate generally means to make false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; to slander or libel.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Calumniateverb

   to accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel

2. Calumniateverb

   to propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime

3. Etymology: [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See Calumny, and cf. Challenge, v. t.]

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How to pronounce calumniate?

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Indian

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How to say calumniate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of calumniate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of calumniate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=calumniate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Calumniate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=calumniate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calumniate
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=calumniate