calumniar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- belie verb To lie around; encompass.
- calumniate verb To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- slam verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
- slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- traduce verb To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
Senses
calumniar is used for these senses in English:
- backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- calumniate (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- cast aspersions (idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
- slam (transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- traduce (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]
backbite — full definition
- verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- verb To speak badly of an absent individual.
belie — full definition
- verb To lie around; encompass.
- verb To surround; beleaguer.