The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLURS , but the solution may also be LIES which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Calumnies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLURS | 50 % | 5 |
| LIES | 25 % | 4 |
| DETRACTIONS | 25 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Calumnies
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- calumniation
- calumniate
- calumniated
- slanders
- slanderous
- slandering
- libels
- slander
- libellous
- falsehoods
- libeling
- defamatory
Crossword Answer definitions
SLURS noun- An insult or slight.
- A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
- A trick or deception.
- In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
- To insult or slight.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
- To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
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 SLURS
- Casts aspersions on
- Speaks indistinctly
- Maligns
- Aspersions
- Fails to enunciate
- Puts down
- Pronounces indistinctly
- Defames
- Utters indistinctly
- Discredits
More clues leading to the result LIES
- Bull-artist's repertoire
- Is situated
- Perjures
- Reclines
- Taradiddles
- "True ___" with Arnold
- Fabrications
- What today's puzzle is full of, in certain spots
- "True ___" (Schwarzenegger film)
- Perjures oneself