'Calumniousness' definitions:

Definition of 'Calumniousness'

From: GCIDE
  • Calumnious \Ca*lum"ni*ous\, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. [1913 Webster]
  • Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. --Shak.
  • Syn: . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]