Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to calumny
Participle: calumnied
Gerund: calumnying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | calumny |
| you | calumny |
| he;she;it | calumnies |
| we | calumny |
| you | calumny |
| they | calumny |
Perfect
| I | have calumnied |
| you | have calumnied |
| he;she;it | has calumnied |
| we | have calumnied |
| you | have calumnied |
| they | have calumnied |
Past
| I | calumnied |
| you | calumnied |
| he;she;it | calumnied |
| we | calumnied |
| you | calumnied |
| they | calumnied |
Pluperfect
| I | had calumnied |
| you | had calumnied |
| he;she;it | had calumnied |
| we | had calumnied |
| you | had calumnied |
| they | had calumnied |
Future
| I | will calumny |
| you | will calumny |
| he;she;it | will calumny |
| we | will calumny |
| you | will calumny |
| they | will calumny |
Future Perfect
| I | will have calumnied |
| you | will have calumnied |
| he;she;it | will have calumnied |
| we | will have calumnied |
| you | will have calumnied |
| they | will have calumnied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | calumny |
| you | calumny |
| he;she;it | calumny |
| we | calumny |
| you | calumny |
| they | calumny |
Perfect
| I | have calumnied |
| you | have calumnied |
| he;she;it | have calumnied |
| we | have calumnied |
| you | have calumnied |
| they | have calumnied |
Imperfect
| I | calumnied |
| you | calumnied |
| he;she;it | calumnied |
| we | calumnied |
| you | calumnied |
| they | calumnied |
Pluperfect
| I | had calumnied |
| you | had calumnied |
| he;she;it | had calumnied |
| we | had calumnied |
| you | had calumnied |
| they | had calumnied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would calumny |
| you | would calumny |
| he;she;it | would calumny |
| we | would calumny |
| you | would calumny |
| they | would calumny |
Perfect
| I | would have calumnied |
| you | would have calumnied |
| he;she;it | would have calumnied |
| we | would have calumnied |
| you | would have calumnied |
| they | would have calumnied |
Imperative
| you | calumny |
| we | Let's calumny |
| you | calumny |
Verbs conjugated like 'calumny'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'calumny'
alum,
calamine,
calcify,
calcine,
calefy,
calm,
calmen,
calumnate,
clump,
clumse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Late Middle English calumnīe (“false accusation, slander; (law) objection raised in bad faith”), borrowed from Old French calomnie (“slander, calumny”) (modern French calomnie), or directly from its etymon Latin calumnia (“false statement, misrepresentation; false accusation, malicious charge”), perhaps also related to calvor (“to deceive”). The English word is a doublet of challenge.
2. The verb is derived from French calomnier (“to slander”), from Late Latin calumniāre, from Latin calumpniārī, calumniārī (“to blame unjustly, misrepresent, calumniate; (law) to accuse falsely, bring false information against”), from calumnia (see above) + -or. See: French '
calomnier'.
Sample Sentences
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His [Dominieus Dietrich's] memory has been basely calumnied by many German historians. [1849, Wolfgang Menzel, “The Great Elector”, in Mrs. George Horrocks, transl., The History of Germany, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. … Translated from the Fourth German Edition. … In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, part XX (The Age of Louis the Fourteenth), page 492:]
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However, the Priests of the idols, not content with persecuting Christians, began to calumny them; the Philosophers, finding a Religion that preached humility unrewarding, joined their Priests. Ridicule and insults were showered […] on the new Sect from all sides. [1997, [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau, “[Discourse on the Sciences and Arts or First Discourse, part II.] Observations [to Stanislas, King of Poland]”, in Victor Gourevitch, editor, The Discourses and Other Earl Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2003, →ISBN, paragraph 39, page 41:]
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It is this coalition that seeks to tear the Republic apart, by ceaselessly calumnying the people of Paris and all the representatives whom it has honoured with its trust … [1999, Geoffrey Cubitt, “Robespierre and Conspiracy Theories”, in Colin Haydon, William Doyle, editors, Robespierre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 87:]
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He rails, he piles on the abuse, he calumnies without any sense of decency or restraint, and his gloomy character makes him see everything as black. [2008, Paul-Henri Thiry; Baron d’Holbach, “Bergier’s Refutation”, in David Holohan, transl., Christianity Unveiled (Rescued from Obscurity Series), Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey: Hodgson Press, →ISBN, § 3, page 176:]