calumny

3 definitions found

calumny - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calumny \Cal"um*ny\, n.; pl. Calumnies. [L. calumnia, fr.
     calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf.
     Challenge, n.]
     False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or
     reported, to the injury of another; malicious
     misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamous calumnies."
     --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt
           not escape calumny.                      --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

calumny - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calumny
      n 1: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious
           misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn:
           defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy,
           traducement, hatchet job]
      2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn:
         aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation,
         denigration]

calumny - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "calumny":
     abuse, animadversion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement,
     bitchiness, calumniation, cattiness, contumely, defamation,
     depreciation, disparagement, invective, libel, obloquy, opprobrium,
     reflection, revilement, scandal, scurrility, slander, stricture,
     tale, traducement, vilification, vituperation