Definition of "calumnious" [ca•lum•ni•ous]

• Containing or implying calumny; slanderous or defamatory. (adjective)

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• "'calumnious' to-day must pass as veracious with triumph another day: gods and men have declared that Sansculottism cannot be."
• ""The plaintiff's lawyers never had support for their calumnious accusations against the Holy See," he added."
• "Troubling because his pickings while insulting, also border on the calumnious."