calumny

calumny is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
2. noun. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

   Synonyms: aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander

3. noun. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

   Synonyms: calumniation, defamation, obloquy, traducement

Synonyms

aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander, calumniation, obloquy, traducement

Common word forms

calumnied, calumnies, calumnying

Words from these letters

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