Definition of calumnies

"calumnies" in the noun sense

1. defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job

a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

2. aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration

an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

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Quotations for calumnies

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage. [ Napoleon ]

I never think it necessary to repeat calumnies; they are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. [ Boerhaave ]

A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies: but sensible men will pay no attention to them. [ Froude ]

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes. [ Jane Porter ]

The men who convey and those who listen to calumnies should, if I could have my way, all hang, the talebearers by their tongues, the listeners by their ears. [ Plautus ]

I never listen to calumnies, because, if they are untrue, I run the risk of being deceived, and if they are true, of hating persons not worth thinking about. [ Montesquieu ]

The celebrated Boerhaave, who had many enemies, used to say that he never thought it necessary to repeat their calumnies. They are sparks, said he, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. [ Disraeli ]

calumnies in Scrabble®

The word calumnies is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters calumnies:

CALUMNIES
(126)
CALUMNIES
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

acumens, amnesic, caesium, cauline, cinemas, emulsic, emulsin, encalms, icemans, inulase, leucism, macules, malices, mensual, musical, seminal, unlaces

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In calumnies

CALUMNIES
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CALUMNIES
(126)
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calumnies in Words With Friends™

The word calumnies is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters calumnies:

CALUMNIES
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

acumens, amnesic, caesium, cauline, cinemas, emulsic, emulsin, encalms, icemans, inulase, leucism, macules, malices, mensual, musical, seminal, unlaces

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word calumnies

CALUMNIES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In calumnies

CALUMNIES
(234)
CALUMNIES
(132)
CALUMNIES
(132)
MACULES
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Words within the letters of calumnies

2 letter words in calumnies (17 words)

8 letter words in calumnies (3 words)

9 letter words in calumnies (Anagrams) (2 words)

calumnies + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence calumnies

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