calumnious

English

Etymology

From Late Latin calumniōsus.

Adjective

calumnious (comparative more calumnious, superlative most calumnious)

Possessing the traits of calumny.
- 1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5:
  ...they must be his companions in some humble abode, in some remote obscurity; for it was in virtuous privacy only that he could hope to find a shelter from an ill-judging and calumnious world.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

calumniousness

Translations

possessing the traits of calumny

Bulgarian: клеветнически (bg) (klevetničeski)
Finnish: herjaava (fi)
French: calomnieux (fr)
Hungarian: rágalmazó (hu)
Irish: guilmneach
Spanish: pelador (es)

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