- Types Of Speech
- You can use calumny as a noun in a sentence.
- About Calumny
- A 3 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, c, l, m, n, u, and y, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter u. Calumny starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, ca, cal, calu, calum, and the ending characters are y, ny, mny, umny, lumny, ..
- Definition
- An abusive attack on a person''s character or good name
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- School Grade
- Calumny is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is calumny a scrabble word? A 14 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Calumny in Pig Latin is said as "alumnycay or alumnycway".
- Unigram
- c | a | l | u | m | n | y
- Bigram
- ca | al | lu | um | mn | ny
- Trigram
- cal | alu | lum | umn | mny
- Quadrigram
- calu | alum | lumn | umny
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
- a malicious attack
Synonym | Definition |
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Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
Adulteress | a woman adulterer |
Animadversion | harsh criticism or disapproval |
Aspersion | the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) |
Assail | attack in speech or writing "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
Assassination | murder of a public figure by surprise attack |
Assault | a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped |
Attack | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
Backbite | say mean things |
Backbiting |
View all cognitive synonyms for Calumny
Anagram | Definition |
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Calumny | an abusive attack on a person''s character or good name |
View English words with the unique letters used in calumny. Words With The Letters Aclmnuy
Word | Definition |
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Besmirch | charge falsely or with malicious intent attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
Calumniate | charge falsely or with malicious intent attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
Defame | charge falsely or with malicious intent attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
Denigrate | charge falsely or with malicious intent attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
Slander | an abusive attack on a person''s character or good name |
Smear | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it "he made a huge blot on his copybook" |
Smirch | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it "he made a huge blot on his copybook" |
Sully | French statesman (1560-1641) |
Word | Definition |
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Attack | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Calumny (7 letters) | 14 | 18 | calumny |
Calumny Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters