calumnious


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ca·lum·ni·ous

 (kə-lŭm′nē-əs)
adj.
Containing or implying calumny; slanderous or defamatory.

ca·lum′ni·ous·ly adv.
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calumnious

(kəˈlʌmnɪəs) or

calumniatory

adj
1. of or using calumny
2. (of a person) given to calumny
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ca•lum•ni•ous

(kəˈlʌm ni əs)

also ca•lum•ni•a•to•ry

(kəˈlʌm ni əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

adj.
of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
[1480–90; < Latin]
ca•lum′ni•ous•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.calumnious - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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calumnious

adjective
Damaging to the reputation:
Law: libelous.
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'I also would like to thank the good people of Kwara state for their continued support and belief in our great party, PDP despite all the calumnious campaign launched against our leaders and the party by desperate politicians in the state.
I imagined him pondering whether indeed the bridge had been laid down by an unseen force incensed by calumnious humans, or was it merely a result of the comings and goings of life and fate?It surely must have baffled the constructers.
There have been 'so many people, so many countries destroyed by evil and calumnious dictatorships,' he said, including the ones that persecuted the Jews with 'calumnious communication' so they ended up in Auschwitz.
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Apuron denied the allegations and in a May 31 press release called the accusations "a vicious and calumnious attack" on him and the church.