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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calumniate |
| Synonyms: | asperse, backbite, bad-mouth, belie, belittle, blackball, blackguard, condemn, decry, defame, denigrate, deprecate, detract, disgrace, disgust, dishonor, disparage, embarrass, lampoon, libel, malign, offend, outrage, revile, shock, slander, traduce, vilify |
| Antonyms: | commend, compliment, flatter, honor, laud, praise |
| Concept: | Color. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; specific light |
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-nouns
color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key., pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive color, complementary color; three primaries; spectrum, chromatic dispersion; broken color, secondary color, tertiary color., local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective., [Science of color] chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy; chromatism, chromatography, chromatology; prism, spectroscope., pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain; medium; mordant; oil paint, painting [more].
-verbs
color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue; paint (fine art).
-adjectives
colored; colorific, tingent, tinctorial; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; chromatogenous; tingible., bright, vivid, intense, deep; fresh, unfaded; rich, gorgeous; gay., gaudy, florid; gay, garish; rainbow-colored, multihued; showy, flaunting, flashy; raw, crude; glaring, flaring; discordant, inharmonious., mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.
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| Antonyms: | achromatism |
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