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Calumniatory

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adj. Containing calumny; slanderous.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Containing calumny; slanderous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Slanderous: as, “calumniatory information,”

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

harmful

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

slanderous