calumnious
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- (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malignSynonyms: calumniatorydefamatorydenigrativedenigratingdenigratorylibellouslibelousslanderousOpposite harmlessSimilar harmful
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ca·lum′ni·ous adjective
Origin: L. calumniosus.
Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.— William Shakespeare
. Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.
— Ca·lum′wb-a1′>′ni·ous·ly, adverb — Ca·lum′wb-a1′>′ni·ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54