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
To the calumniator I wish you to say the following: If you can praise your neighbours, my ears are open to receive your perfume.
From Fraternal Charity by Benôit Valuy
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
He was neither a coward, a calumniator, nor a sneak.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
With a deep oath, Herrera half drew his sword, and made a step towards the calumniator of his mistress.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
