Meanings
present singular third person calls names · participle present calling names · participle past called names · past called names
- intransitivetransitiveTo 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 MonitorSynonyms: abuse, flame, name-call, vitriol, abuse, flame, name-call, revile
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo use abusive or insulting language; to engage in name-calling.
Translations
Catalan motiuejar
- motiuejarTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 罵……是 /骂……是, 罵人 /骂人
- 罵……是 /骂……是 (mà ... shì)Translations
- 罵人 /骂人 (màrén)Translations
Dutch schelden
- scheldenTranslations
Finnish nimitellä
- nimitelläTranslations
French insulter
- insulterTranslations
German beflegeln
- beflegelnTranslations
Greek βρίζω
- βρίζω (vrízo)Translations
Polish przezywać, przezwać
- przezywaćTranslations
- przezwaćTranslations
Russian обзыва́ть, обзыва́ться
- обзыва́ть (obzyvátʹ)Translations
- обзыва́ться (obzyvátʹsja)Translations
- обозва́ться (obozvátʹsja)Translations
Spanish motejar, echar pestes
- motejarTranslations
- echar pestesTranslations
Cite this entry
call names. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20names
“call names.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20names. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call names,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20names.
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