calumniation

Other forms of calumniation

plural

calumniations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about calumniation

What does calumniation mean?

calumniation means "a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions".

How many syllables are in calumniation?

calumniation has 6 syllables: ca-lum-ni-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for calumniation?

Close synonyms include defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calumniation a common word?

calumniation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.