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calumnious

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ca·lum·ni·ous  (k-lmn-s)
adj.
Containing or implying calumny; slanderous or defamatory.
ca·lumni·ous·ly adv.
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Adj.1.calumnious - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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Pickwick's) researches, and smarting under the censure which had been heaped upon his own feeble attempts at rivalry, now took this vile and calumnious mode of---
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He concluded by calling for an investigation, which might dispose of the calumnious report before it had time to spread, and restore M.
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