All calumny synonyms

noun calumny

• defamation — Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• slander — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
• denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
• libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
• misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• slur — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
• smear — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.