call names en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive, transitive) To use abusive or insulting language; to engage in name-calling.
[A]s [US president Donald Trump] turns up the pressure – calling the Fed chair [Jerome Powell] names and questioning his acumen – he’s ignited a firestorm in legal and financial circles.
2025 April 21, Laurent Belsie, “Markets falter as Trump attacks Fed’s independence – and its chair”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| called names | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| called names | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| calling names | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| calls names | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
call someone everything but a child of God · call someone every name in the book · name-call
Synonyms
flame · call names · vitriol · revile · vituperate · vitriol · name-call · name-call · abuse · flame · abuse
Translations (15)
cmn 罵人 /骂人 (Translations) · ru обзыва́ться (Translations) · nl schelden (Translations) · cmn 罵……是 /骂……是 (Translations) · es echar pestes (Translations) · pl przezwać (Translations) · es motejar (Translations) · pl przezywać (Translations) · de beflegeln (Translations) · fi nimitellä (Translations) · el βρίζω (Translations) · ca motiuejar (Translations) · fr insulter (Translations) · ru обзыва́ть (Translations) · ru обозва́ться (Translations)