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calumnious

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1. a. Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Source: opted
2. adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Source: wordnet
3. 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. Syn: -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n. Source: webster
4. Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injuriousto reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak. Source: adambom
5. s (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Source: ecdict

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slanderous calumny containing false implying malicious reports reputation discredit harmful injurious itself lum malign scapes statements strokes tending untrue virtue abusive defamatory derogatory libelous

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