Calumny
['kæləmnɪ] or ['kæləmni]
Definition
(n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
Typist: Martha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Slander (known to be false), defamation, aspersion, backbiting, detraction, abuses, scandal, obloquy, false accusation.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slander, defamation, detraction, libel, traducement, backbiting, opprobrium,aspersion
ANT:Vindication, clearance, eulogy, panegyric
Editor: Orville
Definition
n. false accusation: slander.—v.t. Calum′niāte to accuse falsely: to slander.—v.i. to spread evil reports.—ns. Calum′niātion; Calum′niātor.—adjs. Calum′niātory Calum′nious of the nature of calumny: slanderous.—adv. Calum′niously.—Oath of calumny a method in the law of Scotland for the prevention of calumnious and unnecessary suits by which both parties at the beginning of a cause swear either by themselves or their counsel that the facts set forth by them are true—usual only in actions of divorce &c.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are the subject of calumny, denotes that your interests will suffer at the hands of evil-minded gossips. For a young woman, it warns her to be careful of her conduct, as her movements are being critically observed by persons who claim to be her friends.
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Examples
- Yours is a very modest and convenient sort of calumny, Major Dobbin, Rebecca said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He would not retreat before calumny, as if he submitted to it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Calumny, even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He must make himself proof against calumny. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But how will you make yourself proof against calumny? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When I look abroad, I foresee on every side, dispute, contradiction, anger, calumny and detraction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Mr. Lydgate would understand that if his friends hear a calumny about him their first wish must be to justify him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What I mean by being proof against calumny is being able to point to the fact as a contradiction. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On abuse, on reproach, on calumny, it is easy to smile; but painful indeed is the panegyric of those we contemn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Who has told such calumnies? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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