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English Dictionary: Calumnious by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calumnious
adj
  1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
    Synonym(s): calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calumnious \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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