calumnious
adjective
of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
calumniatory
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a variation of
calumnious.
Example Sentences
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I declare in the most solemn manner, this imputation to be entirely unfounded and calumniatory.
From Select Speeches of Kossuth by Francis William Newman
He must divert their sympathy for Ray into distrust of him, and before he had fully considered his words they were spoken,—crafty, insidious, and calumniatory.
From Marion's Faith. by Charles King
No proposals were made to Cicero, the reasons usually assigned for which are of the most calumniatory kind.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
