different between reproach vs calumny

English

Etymology

Old French reprochier (Modern reprocher).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p???t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???p?o?t?/
• Rhymes: -??t?

Noun

reproach (countable and uncountable, plural reproaches)

1. A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
2. Disgrace or shame.
3. (countable) An object of scorn.

Synonyms

• obloquy, opprobrium

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Verb

reproach (third-person singular simple present reproaches, present participle reproaching, simple past and past participle reproached)

1. (transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone).

   • if ye be reproached for the name of Christ

   • Mezentius […] with his ardour warmed / His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight, / Repelled the victors.

2. (transitive) To disgrace, or bring shame upon.

Synonyms

• (to criticize or rebuke): blame, rebuke, upbraid
• (to disgrace): disgrace, dishonor
• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Derived terms

• beyond reproach
• reproachful
• reproachable

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English calumn?e (“false accusation, slander; (law) objection raised in bad faith”), borrowed from Old French calomnie (“slander, calumny”) (modern French calomnie), or directly from its etymon Latin calumnia (“false statement, misrepresentation; false accusation, malicious charge”), perhaps related to calvor (“to deceive”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?elh?- or *?h?l-. The English word is a doublet of challenge.

The verb is derived from French calomnier (“to slander”), from Late Latin calumni?re, from Latin calumpni?r?, calumni?r?, present active infinitive of calumnior (“to blame unjustly, misrepresent, calumniate; (law) to accuse falsely, bring false information against”), from calumnia (see above) + -or.

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?kæl?mni/
• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k??l?mni/
• Hyphenation: ca?lum?ny

Noun

calumny (countable and uncountable, plural calumnies)

1. (countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
2. (uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

   Synonyms: calumniousness, defamation, obloquy, traducement, vilification; see also Thesaurus:slander

Derived terms

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Verb

calumny (third-person singular simple present calumnies, present participle calumnying, simple past and past participle calumnied)

1. (transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defame

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