Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

character assassinate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: char-ac-ter as-sas-si-nate
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of character-assassinate.

Example Sentences

"I was disgusted when a senior member of staff at Gillcrest suggested you were “embellishing” your case. Quite the contrary, I found you to be honest and reasonable but found its attempt to character assassinate you a real cause for concern."
"Calling political opponents “groomers” is clearly the latest in an unoriginal conservative strategy to name-call and character assassinate the opposition, it’s that exact frivolity that is so dangerous and corrosive to the very real and devastating experience of sexual abuse."
"Politics is ugly, it’s nasty, and it’s got even worse now because they character assassinate you before you even get in."

Inflected Forms

character assassinates (present, singular) character assassinating (participle, present) character assassinated (participle, past) character assassinated (past)

Questions

What does character assassinate mean?: Alternative form of character-assassinate.

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