English > calumnious: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. |
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| Synonyms | calumniatory, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| Broader | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
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| Spanish | calumniador, calumnioso, denigrador, denigratorio, desacreditador, desprestigiador, difamador, difamatorio |
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| Catalan | calumniador, calumniós, denigrador, denigrant, denigratori, desacreditador, desprestigiador, difamador, difamatori |
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| Nouns | calumny | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
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| calumny | a false / false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| Adverbs | calumniously | in a false / false and slanderous and defamatory manner |
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