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calumniate

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10 lettersPronunciation /kəˈlʌmni.eɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaceilmntuStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
  • 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)
  • 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.

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