calumnynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈkæl.əm.ni/us/ˈkæl.əm.ni/formal(the act of making) a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person:
He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued.
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Damaging reputation
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- blot your copybook idiom
- calumniate
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn
- libel
- mud
- poison
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander
- stab
- stain
- sully
- taint
- vilify
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