calumniate
verb (used with object)
to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
calumniator
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a word derived from
calumniate.
Example Sentences
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Hot-blooded, he called his assailant "a veritable calumniator ... an infantile mind."
From Time Magazine Archive
The devoted cardinal defied both the poniard and the tongue of the calumniator.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
In the presence of the assembled Lords, he, without actually referring to him by name, denounced the Duke of Clarence as a calumniator.
From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Charles Bradlaugh
First, we are not sure that the vices existed, and were not the impure inventions of a malignant calumniator.
From Gibbon by James Cotter Morison
