- calumnious
- calumnious (adj.) late 15c., from L. calumniosus, from calumnia (see CALUMNY (Cf. calumny)). Related: Calumniously.
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Calumnious — Ca*lum ni*ous, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. [1913 Webster] Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak. Syn: . Slanderous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calumnious — I adjective abusive, blackening, calumniatory, castigatory, caustic, censorious, comminatory, compromising, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, criminatory, criminosus, damaging, damnatory, decrying, defamatory, denigratory, denunciatory,… … Law dictionary
calumnious — [kə lum′nē əs] adj. [L calumniosus, full of tricks, swindling] full of calumnies; slanderous calumniously adv … English World dictionary
calumnious — calumny ► NOUN (pl. calumnies) ▪ the making of false and defamatory statements about someone. ► VERB (calumnies, calumnied) formal ▪ calumniate. DERIVATIVES calumnious adjective. ORIGIN Latin … English terms dictionary
calumnious — adjective see calumny … New Collegiate Dictionary
calumnious — calumniously, adv. /keuh lum nee euhs/, adj. of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory. Also, calumniatory /keuh lum nee euh tawr ee, tohr ee/. [1480 90; < L calumniosus full of tricks or artifices, equiv. to calumni(a) CALUMNY +… … Universalium
calumnious — adjective possessing the traits of calumny … Wiktionary
calumnious — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Damaging to the reputation: defamatory, detractive, injurious, invidious, scandalous, slanderous. Law: libelous. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW … English dictionary for students
calumnious — ca lum·ni·ous || ɪəs adj. slanderous … English contemporary dictionary
calumnious — a. Slanderous, abusive, defamatory, contumelious, opprobrious, vituperative, scurrilous, insulting … New dictionary of synonyms
