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n поношение, обливание грязью; диффамацияСинонимический ряд:slander (noun) aspersion; calumny; defamation; denigration; detraction; libel; lie; mudslinging; slander; smear
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calumny — ► NOUN (pl. calumnies) ▪ the making of false and defamatory statements about someone. ► VERB (calumnies, calumnied) formal ▪ calumniate. DERIVATIVES calumnious adjective. ORIGIN Latin … English terms dictionary
calumny — noun /ˈkæləmni/ a) a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another. Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money. b) false charges brought about to tarnish anothers … Wiktionary
calumny — noun voters were tired of the candidates endless barrage of calumny Syn: slander, defamation (of character), character assassination, libel; vilification, traducement, obloquy, verbal abuse; informal mudslinging, trash talk; rare contumely See… … Thesaurus of popular words
calumny — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English calumnye, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi to deceive; perhaps akin to Old English hōlian to slander, Greek kēlein to beguile Date: 15th century … New Collegiate Dictionary
calumny — noun 1 (C) an untrue and unfair statement about someone intended to give people a bad opinion of them 2 (U) the act of saying things like this see also: slander 1 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
calumny — UK [ˈkæləmnɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms calumny : singular calumny plural calumnies very formal a comment about someone that is not fair or true and is intended to damage their reputation … English dictionary
calumny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slander (See detraction). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slander, defamation, detraction; see lie 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. slander, defamation, malicious statement, libel, smear, mud slinging,… … English dictionary for students
calumny — cal|um|ny [ kæləmni ] noun count VERY FORMAL a comment about someone that is not fair or true and is intended to damage their reputation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
calumny — [ kaləmni] noun (plural calumnies) the making of false and defamatory statements about someone. verb (calumnies, calumnying, calumnied) formal calumniate. Derivatives calumnious kə lʌmnɪəs adjective … English new terms dictionary
calumny — /ˈkæləmni / (say kaluhmnee) noun (plural calumnies) 1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure someone s reputation. 2. slander. {Latin calumnia} …
calumnious — calumny ► NOUN (pl. calumnies) ▪ the making of false and defamatory statements about someone. ► VERB (calumnies, calumnied) formal ▪ calumniate. DERIVATIVES calumnious adjective. ORIGIN Latin … English terms dictionary