- (calumniate) defame: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- (calumniation) defamation: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- (calumniate) To make hurtful untrue comments about (someone)
- (calumniate) [vb. ku-LUM-nee-ate] Making false statements about a person, intending to hurt their reputation, is to calumniate. Example: "He calumniated his opponent for the political candidacy by spreading false rumors. ...
- (calumniate) to make maliciously false statements about (noun: calumny – malicious falsehood made to injure another's reputation)