About The Word Calumnious
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Calumnious
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What's The Definition Of Calumnious?
[adj] (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
Synonyms | Synonyms for Calumnious: calumniatory | defamatory | denigrating | denigrative | denigratory | harmful | libellous | libelous | slanderous Related Terms | Find terms related to Calumnious: See Also | Calumnious In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*lum"ni*ous\, a. [L. calumniosus.]
Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and
injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. --Shak.
Syn: . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious;
derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly},
adv. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, n.
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