calumny
11calumny — Libel; slander; defamation. There was a word called calumny’ in the civil law, which signified an unjust prosecution or defense of a suit, and the phrase is still said to be used in the courts of Scotland and the ecclesiastical and admiralty… …
12calumny — /kal euhm nee/, n., pl. calumnies. 1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration. 2. the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation.… …
13calumny — noun /ˈkæləmni/ a) a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another. Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money. b) false charges brought about to tarnish anothers …
14calumny — noun voters were tired of the candidates endless barrage of calumny Syn: slander, defamation (of character), character assassination, libel; vilification, traducement, obloquy, verbal abuse; informal mudslinging, trash talk; rare contumely See… …
15Calumny of Apelles (Botticelli) — Infobox Painting| title=The Calumny of Apelles artist=Sandro Botticelli year=1494 1495 type=Tempera on panel height=62 width=91 city=Florence museum=Uffizi The Calumny of Apelles (Italian: La Calunnia di Apelle) is a painting by the Italian… …
16calumny — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English calumnye, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi to deceive; perhaps akin to Old English hōlian to slander, Greek kēlein to beguile Date: 15th century …
17calumny — Synonyms and related words: abuse, animadversion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, bitchiness, calumniation, cattiness, contumely, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, invective, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, reflection, revilement,… …
18calumny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slander (See detraction). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slander, defamation, detraction; see lie 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. slander, defamation, malicious statement, libel, smear, mud slinging,… …
19calumny — cal|um|ny [ˈkæləmni] n plural calumnies [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi to deceive ] 1.) an untrue and unfair statement about someone that is intended to give people a bad opinion of them 2.) [U]… …
20calumny — cal|um|ny [ kæləmni ] noun count VERY FORMAL a comment about someone that is not fair or true and is intended to damage their reputation …
