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adjective
- 1. (of a statement) false and defamatory; slanderous: formal "all of these charges are false and calumnious"
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Calumnious means false and damaging to someone's reputation. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from corpora and sources on the web.
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Calumnious means false and damaging to someone's reputation. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences from Project Gutenberg and other sources.
noun. cal· um· ny ˈka-ləm-nē. also ˈkal-yəm- plural calumnies. Synonyms of calumny. 1. : a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation. denounced his opponent for his defamatory insinuations and calumny. 2. : the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation.
Calumnious definition: of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.. See examples of CALUMNIOUS used in a sentence.
Calumny is a formal word for a statement that is not true and is intended to damage someone's reputation. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of calumny with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Calumnious means containing or implying calumny, which is slander or defamation. Find the origin, pronunciation, and examples of calumnious and related words in this online dictionary.
calumnious. adjective. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. synonyms: calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous. harmful. causing or capable of causing harm.
