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Synonyms for calumnious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh-luhm-nee-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlʌm ni əs |
Définition of calumnious
Origin :- late 15c., from Latin calumniosus, from calumnia (see calumny). Related: Calumniously.
- adj slanderous
- All charges of cruelty and inhumanity were vile and calumnious falsehoods.
- Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- For the rest, I trust to myself to propitiate the kindly and to silence the calumnious.
- Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- They employed against them calumnious threats and even violence.
- Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 2 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
- Even to look into her face did not silence the calumnious whispering.
- Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
- Come forward, calumnious and insolent count, and abductor of women!
- Extract from : « The Cid Campeador » by Antonio de Trueba
- The results of your denunciation will be stifled, because they are calumnious.
- Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue
- Let us put aside all these calumnious imputations; we will return to them afterwards.
- Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue
- He is also the author of the virulent and calumnious "History of the Council of Trent."
- Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
- Rolland made no attempt to answer even the most calumnious of attacks.
- Extract from : « Romain Rolland » by Stefan Zweig
- The Archbishop of Salzburg bitterly resents "the calumnious and defamatory charges against them."
- Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
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