The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASPERSE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2003.
Calumniate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASPERSE | 25 % | 7 |
| DEFAME | 19 % | 6 |
| SLUR | 19 % | 4 |
| SMEAR | 13 % | 5 |
| TRADUCE | 13 % | 7 |
| SLANDER | 6 % | 7 |
| BELIE | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Calumniate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slander
- denigrate
- defame
- sully
- besmirch
- smirch
- smear
- asperse
- slur
- calumnate
- calumny
- vilify
Crossword Answer definitions
ASPERSE verb- To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
- To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ASPERSE
- Spread false charges against
- Spread slander
- Cast slander at
- Denigrate
- Denigrate through insinuation
- Slander
- Bad-mouth
- Sully
- Baptize
- Malign
More clues leading to the result DEFAME
- Do a hatchet job
- Libel or slander
- Vilify
- Malign
- Discredit
- Slander
- Do some mudslinging
- Accuse falsely
- Sling mud at
- Backbite
More clues leading to the result SLUR
- Aspersion
- Pronounce indistinctly
- Disparage
- Calumny
- Bad-mouth
- Cast aspersions on
- Insulting words
- N-bomb, e.g.
- Sound like you've had a few too many
- Speak indistinctly
More clues leading to the result SMEAR
- Vilify during a campaign
- Libel
- Mess up the makeup
- Bad mouth
- Talk shit about
- ___ campaign
- Tarnish
- Apply Vaseline
- Besmirch
- Blurry mess
More clues leading to the result TRADUCE
More clues leading to the result SLANDER
- Debase
- Falsely malign
- Defame
- Smear with mud, say
- Actionable words
- Defamation
- Defamation of a sort
- Dirt, so to speak
- Bad-mouth
- Libel's spoken equivalent