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
Example sentences :
  • 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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