calumnious

adjective

Definition of calumniousnext
as in libellous
causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name a calumnious campaign ad that went well beyond the negativity to which voters had become so richly accustomed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calumnious
  1. erroneous
  2. libelous
  3. scandalous
  4. unfavorable
  5. false
Adjective
  • On the other, her disobedience results from her gullibility and erroneous reason.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • An employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024, Macy’s indicated.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of erroneous
Adjective
  • Any accusation that Israel's objective was to starve innocent civilians—rather than to compel the surrender of Hamas combatants—is not merely unfounded but a libelous distortion of the truth.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Newspapers also worried about potentially libelous posts.
    Mike Savino, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Definition of libelous
Adjective
  • Berg calls the European Commission’s inaction disrespectful and scandalous.
    Christine Ro, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • At the time, interracial romances were considered scandalous, and even outlawed in some states.
    Liz McNeil, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of scandalous
Adjective
  • SiriusXM has been grappling with subscriber losses and unfavorable demographic shifts.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, roughly half of Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Musk, which is also similar to the amount of Americans who view Trump negatively.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfavorable
Adjective
  • Nashville) Letter:Trump's false claims on pet-eating scared me into hiding my cat.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • That followed a pattern seen in CBS News analysis of his posts during the campaign season, when Musk frequently shared false narratives about the election and amplified extreme voices from the right-wing fringe to his millions of followers.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of false
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