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US
/ˈkæɫəmni/
]
[ UK /kˈælʌmni/ ]
[ UK /kˈælʌmni/ ]
NOUN
- a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
How To Use calumny In A Sentence
- Objectively, a calumny is a mortal sin when it is calculated to do serious harm to the person so traduced. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
- MAN is termed honourable; his character is exonerated from the stigma which calumny attached to it; and his courage rises in estimation, in proportion as it exemplifies his revenge. Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination
- The notion that his allegations may be no more than calumny, or suspicion without substance doesn't seem to bother him.
- I find myself the victim of a campaign of calumny and abuse.
- He defended his beliefs with vigour, but in the end was overwhelmed by the flood of insult and calumny to which he was subjected.
- This calumny would be delightedly used by Caesar's enemies throughout his life to imply his homosexuality.
- I can only get away with this calumny because of the shield of anonymity.
- When I buy Frank magazine and pass it around, I am doing evil for I am sharing in the sin of detraction and calumny.
- It is symbolic of the way that this glamorous Italian has ridden out the storm of controversy, calumny and secrecy surrounding the building, designed by her late husband.
- It was the word calumny that offended him most, that, and the idea that he, the Marquis of Trowbridge, should be called upon to promise not to commit an offence! The Vicar of Bullhampton
