Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to calumniate
Participle: calumniated
Gerund: calumniating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | calumniate |
| you | calumniate |
| he;she;it | calumniates |
| we | calumniate |
| you | calumniate |
| they | calumniate |
Perfect
| I | have calumniated |
| you | have calumniated |
| he;she;it | has calumniated |
| we | have calumniated |
| you | have calumniated |
| they | have calumniated |
Past
| I | calumniated |
| you | calumniated |
| he;she;it | calumniated |
| we | calumniated |
| you | calumniated |
| they | calumniated |
Pluperfect
| I | had calumniated |
| you | had calumniated |
| he;she;it | had calumniated |
| we | had calumniated |
| you | had calumniated |
| they | had calumniated |
Future
| I | will calumniate |
| you | will calumniate |
| he;she;it | will calumniate |
| we | will calumniate |
| you | will calumniate |
| they | will calumniate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have calumniated |
| you | will have calumniated |
| he;she;it | will have calumniated |
| we | will have calumniated |
| you | will have calumniated |
| they | will have calumniated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | calumniate |
| you | calumniate |
| he;she;it | calumniate |
| we | calumniate |
| you | calumniate |
| they | calumniate |
Perfect
| I | have calumniated |
| you | have calumniated |
| he;she;it | have calumniated |
| we | have calumniated |
| you | have calumniated |
| they | have calumniated |
Imperfect
| I | calumniated |
| you | calumniated |
| he;she;it | calumniated |
| we | calumniated |
| you | calumniated |
| they | calumniated |
Pluperfect
| I | had calumniated |
| you | had calumniated |
| he;she;it | had calumniated |
| we | had calumniated |
| you | had calumniated |
| they | had calumniated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would calumniate |
| you | would calumniate |
| he;she;it | would calumniate |
| we | would calumniate |
| you | would calumniate |
| they | would calumniate |
Perfect
| I | would have calumniated |
| you | would have calumniated |
| he;she;it | would have calumniated |
| we | would have calumniated |
| you | would have calumniated |
| they | would have calumniated |
Imperative
| you | calumniate |
| we | Let's calumniate |
| you | calumniate |
Verbs conjugated like 'calumniate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'calumniate'
calumnate,
columnate,
cacumate,
cacuminate,
calcinate,
columnize,
acuminate,
adumbrate,
alienate,
alleviate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumny, 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
- slander
- denigrate, darken, defame, blacken, besmirch, sully, attack, vilify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1554; borrowed from Latin calumniātus, perfect passive participle of calumnior (“to blame, cavil at; to accuse falsely”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. [a. 1555, John Hooper, A Brief Treatise respecting Judge Hales:]
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I missed her when she was not on the stage, in spite of the absorbing interest of that most calumniated and ill-used person, the Jew. (Speaking of Fanny Kemble as Portia) [1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 229:]
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There are adherents of each of the four French parties—Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, and Republicans—in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe, decry, and calumniate each other. [1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, “chapter 1”, in Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes:]
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During the period of Pergamos great experiments were gone through by the Church which saw a false church appear near her, the latter was even noticeable in th periods of Ephesus and Smyrna. The synagogue of Satan, the false church when it appeared, began to calumniate the true Church terribly; the latter has always been disowned by those who left her in order to become faithless disciples, also by false brethren and by the world. [1922, “The Epoch of Pergamos.”, in The Divine Revelation the Seven Spirits of God, 1st edition, volume I (Theology), Geneva, page 94:]