Calumnious

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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