The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SLUR , but the solution may also be SLANDER which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Calumny crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLUR | 45 % | 4 |
| SLANDER | 27 % | 7 |
| LIBEL | 18 % | 5 |
| ASPERSION | 9 % | 9 |
Why may SLANDER be the right solution?
"Slander" is a type of calumny that involves making false spoken statements that damage someone's reputation. It fits the definition of calumny, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Calumny
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- aspersion
- traducement
- slander
- hatchet job
- defamation
- obloquy
- libel
- slur
- wounding
- smear
- vituperation
- falsehood
Crossword Answer definitions
SLUR 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 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 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
More clues leading to the result LIBEL
- Defame in print
- Defame in writing
- Type of suit
- Material for a then-record £8,000 Liberace suit in 1959
- Absence of Malice topic
- Smear in ink
- Smear in print
- Defamation
- Calumny's kin
- What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for