They would see to it that every suspicious whisper and outright calumny would be repeated in print, breathing fire into the growing spirit of faction.
-- William Safire
The calumny said about the business man caused him to go out of business.
Calumny is a deliberately false statement intended to damage the image of someone. A common synonym of calumny is slander.
no i can: We hope that the senator hasn't endorsed any of the governor's calumnies against the president.
"Calumny" is a false statement uttered with the purpose of damaging another's reputation.
The word calumny is a singular noun. The plural is calumnies.
Calumny is slander : making false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation.
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Praise.
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Slander. Calumny means making false and/or malicious statements.
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