| Pronunciation: | | ku'lumneeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
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| | Synonyms: | | calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, harmful, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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