calumnious

English

Etymology

From Late Latin calumniōsus.

Adjective

calumnious (comparative more calumnious, superlative most calumnious)

1. 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)