accuse+falsely

  • 11calumniating — Calumniate Ca*lum ni*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Syn — Calumniate Ca*lum ni*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13challenge — I. verb (challenged; challenging) Etymology: Middle English chalengen to accuse, from Anglo French chalenger, from Latin calumniari to accuse falsely, from calumnia calumny Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to demand as due or deserved ;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14libel — li·bel 1 / lī bəl/ n [Anglo French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1: complaint (1) used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a: a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words; specif: a… …

    Law dictionary

  • 15defame — de·fame /di fām/ vt de·famed, de·fam·ing [Medieval Latin defamare, alteration of Latin diffamare to spread news of, defame, from dis , prefix marking dispersal or removal + fama reputation]: to make the subject of defamation de·fam·er n Merriam… …

    Law dictionary

  • 16forsecgan — wv/t3 to accuse falsely, slander, accuse; to speak about, discourse on …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 17 — 【뢰】 힘입다 의뢰하다; 의뢰; 얻다; 이득; 마침 剌 (어그러질랄) + 貝 (조개패) 貝부 9획 (총16획) [1] [v] rely on; depend on [2] [v] accuse falsely; accuse without grounds or evidence; put the blame on somebody else [3] [v] repudiate (a debt) ; disavow; deny something which one has …

    Hanja (Korean Hanzi) dictionary

  • 18challenge — challenge1 W2S2 [ˈtʃælındʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(something difficult)¦ 2¦(question something)¦ 3¦(competition)¦ 4¦(stop)¦ 5¦(in law)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SOMETHING DIFFICULT)¦ [U and C] something that tests strength, skill, or ability, especially in a way that …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19impugn — v 1. malign, gibbet, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, run down, defame, denigrate, scandalize, asperse, impute, insinuate, cast aspersions, speak ill of, speak evil of, backbite, Sl. badmouth, Sl. poor mouth; slander, libel, calumniate, traduce,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 20impute — v 1. accuse, charge, challenge, allege, assert, cite, implicate, incriminate, criminate, Obs., Rare. accriminate; point to, set down to, lay at the door of, saddle with, father upon, account for, call to or hold in account; arraign, impeach,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder