calumniate

VERB
  1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    The article in the paper sullied my reputation
    The journalists have defamed me!
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How To Use calumniate In A Sentence

  • Saints are always calumniated," she wrote, "he is hated because we love him. Archive 2009-07-01
  • There had been a time when Chouteau, thanks to his facundity of the faubourg, had interested and almost convinced him, but now he had come to detest that apostle of falsehood, that snake in the grass, who calumniated honest effort of every kind in order to sicken others of it. The Downfall
  • She was now wholly confirmed that he had wronged her with Mr Delvile; she could not have two enemies so malignant without provocation, and he who so unfeelingly could dissolve a union at the very altar, could alone have the baseness to calumniate her so cruelly. Cecilia
  • The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
  • ye are spoken against," omitting the rest. falsely accuse -- "calumniate"; the Greek expresses malice shown in deeds as well as in words. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • It is noteworthy that while liberals have been able to lampoon and persecute traditional Roman Catholics over the years; deny them authentic use of their churches for The Mass of All Times and who have calumniated them for other alleged misdemeanours, there are those who would take exception to your remarks here which pale in comparison and are entirely inoffensive. The Society of Scholastics -- online courses about to start
  • As for those who have calumniated you by leasing-making, I protest to heaven I think they have justly incurred the penalty of the Memnonia lex, also called Lex Rhemnia, which is prelected upon by Tullius in his oration In Verrem. The Waverley
  • You do more, under the pretext of unmasking yourself, you calumniate yourself. Les Miserables
  • These released e-mails prove that Mann and Jones deliberately lied about their alleged data and calumniated McIntyre and organised a campaign to sideline him, and that McIntyre was right all along. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • The crime, some suggested, was the logical culmination of certain pro-lifers 'apocalyptic rhetoric and their penchant for singling out particular individuals to calumniate. Red State Story
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