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Meanings of calumny in English
Catalan
maldiença A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.
Usage of calumny in English
1
In Paris, the highest virtue is the object of the foulest calumny.
2
Who deals in calumny should be prepared for the wages of it.
3
It is bad enough, certainly; but I ascribe the report to calumny.
4
The calumny is nothing but an audacious attempt to reverse the rôles.
5
If the accusation prove a calumny, so much the better for you.
6
The actor's response to this misogynistic calumny was characteristically strong-minded and pragmatic.
7
Their failure is the best and most complete answer to this calumny.
8
But the use of character is to be a shield against calumny.
9
First,-Thenatural spirit of man, which rebels against wholesale vituperation and calumny.
10
This calumny you have it, at length, in your power to refute.
11
The learned biographer, notwithstanding his good will, has ill repelled the calumny.
12
But the zeal of the bishop's enemies did not end with calumny.
13
To say that would indeed be to speak calumny of your country.
14
Only those who occupy an enviable position can become objects of calumny.
15
He would not retreat before calumny, as if he submitted to it.
16
You have shown that you can bear down calumny, and resist temptation.
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