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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calumnious \Ca*lum"ni*ous\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
calumnious
adjective: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory}, {libellous}, {libelous}, {slanderous}]
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