Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of calumniating; calumny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
false accusation , or amalicious statement , about someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
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Examples
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If we're going by just "overrated" not all the way to "terribly disappointing" I'd like to nominate Lolita, as, even though it's a calumniation of many Nabikov obsessions, it is certainly not his best.
Overrated novels 2009
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Thou hast grieved over my calumniation, and likewise hast lamented the damage to my good name.
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My friend Rafael Sabatini, than whom no man living has dug deeper into Borgia history, explains the calumniation of Lucretia in this fashion: Adultery and promiscuous intercourse were the fashion in Rome at the time of Alexander VI.
She Stands Accused 1935
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It was said that he was spoiled by Pitt, and was consumed by vanity, and was broken by Tory calumniation.
Drake Nelson and Napoleon Runciman, Walter 1919
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I could not at the time conceive of anything meaner wearing the name of man, of a crime blacker than base ingratitude, of aught more damnable than calumniation of the honored dead; but Massachusetts will have to surrender the pennant of infamy to the South.
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To see them filled with ink, if you are not cautious, enemies will succeed in calumniation.
What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901
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Thou hast grieved over my calumniation, and likewise hast lamented the damage to my good name.
The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1896
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Only bad ends appear: the poisoning, the calumniation, the denial of life, the despising of the body, the degradation and self-contamination of man by the concept of sin -- therefore, its means are also bad.
The Antichrist 1895
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Bronsart exquisitely accuses our opponents of ill-will, unfairness, and calumniation.
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
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If there are no originals, they will serve very well to commit the notary whose seal is on them, and yourself, upon a well-founded indictment for forgery, wilful calumniation, and a whole list of crimes sufficient to send you to the galleys for life.
Saracinesca 1881
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