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call names

call names verb: to use abusive or insulting language; to engage in name-calling.

Verb

call names (third-person singular simple present calls names, present participle calling names, simple past and past participle called names)

  1. (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

call names meaning in Kannada

call names in Kannada

ನಿಂದಿಸು, ದೂಷಿಸು, ಬಯ್ಯು

Synonyms of call names

All synonyms of call names

Forms of call names

third-person singular presentcalls names
present participlecalling names
past participlecalled names
pastcalled names

Questions about call names

What does call names mean?
Call names means to use abusive or insulting language; to engage in name-calling.
What is call names in Kannada?
Call names in Kannada is ನಿಂದಿಸು, ದೂಷಿಸು, ಬಯ್ಯು. See Call names meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is call names?
Call names is a verb.
What is the past tense of call names?
The past tense of call names is called names.

Words near call names in the dictionary

  1. call loans
  2. call money
  3. call money rate
  4. call money rates
  5. call moneys
  6. call names
  7. call note
  8. call notes
  9. call number
  10. call numbers
  11. call of duty

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