Meanings
comparative more calumnious · superlative most calumnious
- Possessing the traits of calumny.
...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.
1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latincalumniōsus
- Englishcalumnious
From Late Latin calumniōsus.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian клеветнически
- клеветнически (klevetničeski)possessing the traits of calumny
Finnish herjaava
- herjaavapossessing the traits of calumny
French calomnieux
- calomnieuxpossessing the traits of calumny
Hungarian rágalmazó
- rágalmazópossessing the traits of calumny
Irish guilmneach
- guilmneachpossessing the traits of calumny
Spanish pelador
- peladorpossessing the traits of calumny
Cite this entry
calumnious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calumnious
“calumnious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calumnious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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