They do not accuse me, they insult; they do not fight me, they calumniate, and they don't allow me the right of defense.
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Calumniate
//kəˈlʌmni.eɪt//
Synonyms for "calumniate" (80 found)
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20 translations across 16 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 誹謗 /诽谤 verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Esperanto
1 entries- kalumnii verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Finnish
1 entries- mustamaalata verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
French
1 entries- calomnier verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
German
1 entries- verleumden verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Hungarian
2 entries- megrágalmaz verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
- rágalmaz verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Italian
1 entries- calunniare verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Japanese
1 entries- 中傷する verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Korean
1 entries- 비방한 위하여 verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Latin
1 entries- calumnior verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Lithuanian
2 entries- apšmeižti verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
- šmeižti verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Polish
2 entries- oczerniać verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
- oczernić verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Portuguese
1 entries- caluniar verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Russian
1 entries- оклеветать verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Spanish
1 entries- calumniar verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Swedish
2 entries- förtala verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
- smutskasta verb (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
Source: wiktionary
I missed her when she was not on the stage, in spite of the absorbing interest of that most calumniated and ill-used person, the Jew. (Speaking of Fanny Kemble as Portia)
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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