calumny – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
calumny
n.
slander, libel; defamation, slur
Defamation
calumny
Noun
1. a malicious attack
(synonym) defamation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
(hypernym) disparagement, depreciation, derogation
(hyponym) character assassination, assassination, blackwash
(derivation) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
(synonym) aspersion, slander, defamation, denigration
(hypernym) attack
(derivation) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
Calumny
(n.)
False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Calumny
To dream that you are the subject of calumny, denotes that your interests will suffer at the hands of evil-minded gossips. For a young woman, it warns her to be careful of her conduct, as her movements are being critically observed by persons who claim to be her friends.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
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