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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign;
[syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calumnious adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]