calumniate
verb[IorT]
formaluk/kəˈlʌm.ni.eɪt/us/kəˈlʌm.ni.eɪt/to makestatementsabout someone that are nottrueand that aredamagingtotheirreputation:
毁谤;恶意中伤;污蔑He hastriedto calumniate anddestroyeveryone whoseopinionsdifferfrom his.他会去恶意中伤和摧毁所有与他意见不同的人。
- Heclaimedthat we hadgrosslycalumniated themedicalprofession.
- Is this thelibertyof thepress, to calumniate anindividualin the way myclienthas been calumniated?
- Do youthinkhe iscapableoflyingor calumniating incourt?
- Hespokeof beingpersecutedand calumniated by asmallgroupofrichandpowerfulpeople.
Damaging reputation
- anti-defamation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- dog
- dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
- give a dog a bad nameidiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
- impugn
- poison
- show someone in a bad lightidiom
- slander
- slanderer
- slanderous
- slanderously
- smear
- stab
- stain