Verb: calumniate ku'lúm-nee,eyt
Usage: formal
Usage: formal
- Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The politician tried to calumniate his opponent with baseless accusations";
- defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, smear, sully, besmirch
Derived forms: calumniating, calumniated, calumniates