Synonyms for calumnious
- adjective
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Adjective
defamatory, slanderous, abusive, insulting, libelous US, libellous UK, scurrilous, vituperative, calumniatory, denigratory, denigrative, contumelious formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Possessing the traits of calumny.
Example sentences
- abusive Sami was abusive to Layla verbally and physically.
- insulting The word fugusha ("disabled") might be insulting.
- defamatory Amber Heard didn't even name Johnny Depp in the supposedly defamatory comments.
- slanderous I never want to hear that slanderous shit again!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| calumnious | steady | |
| abusive | rising | |
| insulting | rising | |
| defamatory | steady | |
| slanderous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- abusive3
- 8 letters
- libelous3
- 9 letters
- insulting3, libellous
- 10 letters
- defamatory5, slanderous3, scurrilous3
- 11 letters
- denigratory, denigrative
- 12 letters
- vituperative5, calumniatory, contumelious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abusive3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- calomnieux
- Italiano
- calunnioso