| Main Entry: | calumniation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false accusation |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, libel, malice, malicious statement, obloquy, slander, traducement, vilification |
| Main Entry: | backbiting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful talk |
Synonyms: |
abuse, aspersion, backstabbing, belittlement, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, defamation, denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, gossip, invective, lie, malice, obloquy, scandal, slander, spite, spitefulness, tale, traducement, vilification, vituperation |
Antonyms: |
encouragement, praise |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | untruth |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, forgery, fraudulence, guile, hyperbole, inaccuracy, invention, libel, mendacity, misrepresentation, misstatement, myth, obloquy, perjury, prevarication, revilement, reviling, slander, subterfuge, tale, tall story, vilification, white lie, whopper |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
Antonyms: |
honesty, truth |
| Main Entry: | hatchet job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malicious verbal attack |
Synonyms: |
ax job, calumniation, defamation, dismantlement, poison-pen letter, unmaking |
| Main Entry: | denigration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belittlement |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, defaming, deprecation, derogation, detraction, disparagement, libel, libeling, put-down, ridicule, scorn, slander, smearing, traducement, traducing, vilification |
| Main Entry: | inveracity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lie |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, canard, cock-and-bull story, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, forgery, fraudulence, guile, hyperbole, inaccuracy, invention, libel, mendacity, misrepresentation, misstatement, myth, obloquy, perjury, prevarication, revilement, reviling, slander, story, subterfuge, tale, tall story, untruth, vilification, white lie, whopper |
| Main Entry: | traducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, lying, malicious, obloquy, scandal, slander, smear, vilification, vituperation |
| Main Entry: | vilification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, lying, malicious, obloquy, scandal, slander, smear, traducement, vituperation |