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    calumniation
    [kəˌləmnēˈāSHən]
    definition
    1. noun form of calumniate
    ca·lum·ni·ate
    [kəˈləmnēˌāt]
    verb
    formal
    calumniate (verb) · calumniates (third person present) · calumniated (past tense) · calumniated (past participle) · calumniating (present participle)
    1. make false and defamatory statements about:
      "foes were calumniating him in the press"
    Origin
    mid 16th century: from Latin calumniari, from calumnia (see calumny).
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    verb
    1. make false and defamatory statements about:
      belittle
      denigrate
      deprecate
      depreciate
      downgrade
      play down
      deflate
      trivialize
      minimize
      make light of
      undervalue
      underrate
      underestimate
      disdain
      dismiss
      ridicule
      deride
      mock
      scorn
      pour scorn on
      laugh off
      run down
      defame
      decry
      discredit
      slander
      libel
      malign
      speak ill of
      impugn
      vilify
      traduce
      revile
      criticize
      condemn
      slur
      do down
      pull apart
      pick holes in
      knock
      slam
      pan
      bash
      bad-mouth
      pooh-pooh
      look down one's nose at
      rubbish
      slate
      slag off
      have a go at
      cry down
      misprize
      asperse
      derogate
      vilipend
      vituperate
      treat lightly
      scoff at
      sneer at
      laugh at
      speak badly of
      cast aspersions on
      do a hatchet job on
      take to pieces
      pull to pieces
      drag through the mud
      hit out at
      hold cheap
      minify
      Opposite:
      praise
      overrate
     
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    What does calumniation mean?
    Define calumniation. calumniation synonyms, calumniation pronunciation, calumniation translation, English dictionary definition of calumniation. tr.v. ca·lum·ni·at·ed , ca·lum·ni·at·ing , ca·lum·ni·ates To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about. See Synonyms at malign. ca·lum′ni·a′tion...

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    What does calumniate mean?
    The meaning of CALUMNIATE is to utter maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations about. How to use calumniate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Calumniate.

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    Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word calumniation. It is equivalent to defamation, calumny, traducement, or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

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    What is the purpose of this book to calumniate?
    These it is the great purpose of this book to calumniate. For a young woman, this dream denotes that she will be calumniated by a rival. He treated with contempt the men who calumniated him, and as if they were idiots. He speaks to calumniate thinkers, and to warn the faithful against the discoveries of science.

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    What if he was calumniated?
    If he was calumniated, he accorded him sympathy. Men of courage don't fall sick because the newspapers calumniate them. These it is the great purpose of this book to calumniate. For a young woman, this dream denotes that she will be calumniated by a rival. He treated with contempt the men who calumniated him, and as if they were idiots.

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    When was calumniation first used?
    The earliest known use of the noun calumniation is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for calumniation is from around 1549, in the writing of John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester and Worcester and protestant martyr. calumniation is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: calumniate v., -ion suffix1.

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