01 a. Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
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Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.“Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.” — Shak.
Syn.
Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.