English noun: calumny |
1. | calumny (communication) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
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| Synonyms | calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
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| Broader (hypernym) | depreciation, derogation, disparagement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | assassination, blackwash, character assassination, epithet, libel, malignment, name, name calling, names, slander, smear, vilification |
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2. | calumny (act) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
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| Synonyms | aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander |
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| Broader (hypernym) | attack |
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