| a. | 1. | Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; |
| Adj. | 1. | calumnious - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |