calumnious

[ kuh-luhm-nee-uh s ]

/ kəˈlʌm ni əs /

of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.

Also ca·lum·ni·a·to·ry

[kuh-luhm-nee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /kəˈlʌm ni əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of calumnious

1480–90; < Latin calumniōsus full of tricks or artifices, equivalent to calumni(a) calumny + -ōsus -ous

ca·lum·ni·ous·ly, adverb non·ca·lum·ni·ous, adjective un·ca·lum·ni·ous, adjective un·ca·lum·ni·ous·ly, adverb

Augustine answered: See what a difference there is between your calumnious words and our truthful assertions.

Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy |Aurelius Augustine
As for his calumnious and scandalous declaration, that I was in the least degree tipsy, it is too ridiculous to be noticed.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, November 20, 1841 |Various
And with this calumnious epithet—for brutes can love dearly—Margaret resumed her former attitude.

Earl Hubert's Daughter |Emily Sarah Holt
Comments of this nature are all the more distressing that they cannot be thrust aside as calumnious.

The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference |Emile Joseph Dillon

He knew himself the mark of incessant and calumnious misrepresentation both at Brussels and Madrid.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74 |John Lothrop Motley

calumnious

/ (kəˈlʌmnɪəs) /

of or using calumny

(of a person) given to calumny