verb
calumniate
Calumniate (verb) means to say false and damaging things about someone.
verb
1
To say false and damaging things about someone.
"There are adherents of each of the four French parties—Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, and Republicans—in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe, decry, and calumniate each other."
— Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 1 (1905)
2
To accuse someone falsely, often of something vague, in order to harm their reputation.
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Etymology
First attested in 1554; borrowed from Latin calumniātus, perfect passive participle of calumnior (“to blame, cavil at; to accuse falsely”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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What is the meaning of calumniate?
"calumniate" (verb) means to say false and damaging things about someone.
What is another word for calumniate?
Other words for "calumniate" include besmirch, defame, asperse, smirch, slander, denigrate.
What is the opposite of calumniate?
Opposites of "calumniate" include commend, laud, eulogize, praise.
What are the different meanings of calumniate?
"calumniate" has 2 main meanings: 1. To say false and damaging things about someone; 2. To accuse someone falsely, often of something vague, in order to harm their reputation.
