CALUMNY Synonyms

• state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• slanderous defamation

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• a disparaging remark

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

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

• the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant.

• a communication that belittles somebody or something

• (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law

• a communication that belittles somebody or something

• the act of speaking contemptuously of

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

• a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

• the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks

• print slanderous statements against

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

• a misleading falsehood

• a willful perversion of facts

• gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

• tell or spread rumors

• disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

• a disgraceful event

• (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

• a disparaging remark

• a blemish made by dirt

• play smoothly or legato

• speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur

• utter indistinctly

• become vague or indistinct

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

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

• Casting aspersions with intent to discredit.

• An act of making damaging or spiteful remarks with the intent to discredit.

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• a belittling comment

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)