calumnious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calumnious
Adjective
  • Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years working and raising a family.
    Julie Carr Smyth, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who had lived as a legal U.S. resident in Maryland for 14 years while working and raising a family.
    Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • In recent weeks, though, her group has doubled in size, and while in the past there were only two or three posts per day, Mitchell and her new moderators now have to wade through 60-plus comments ranging from helpful to libelous.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • One thing that could help a comeback is playing to your scandalous side, Schulman says.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Her nose for injustice sniffs out scandalous truths, among both superrich oligarchs and public-welfare institutions like orphanages starved of sufficient funding.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Comparable sales for the quarter decreased 1.7% blamed on unfavorable weather earlier in the year, while pro and online sales grew.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
  • This compares to an unfavorable score of 65 percent, for those who disliked her, giving her a net approval rating of minus 45.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • The decision to deploy Dembele as a false nine for a 3-1 home win over Lyon in mid-December proved the spark for a stupendous run of goal-scoring form in which the France international racked up 27 goals in only 22 appearances.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Their accountant filed two false corporate tax returns, claiming one of the couple’s firms earned no money in 2015 and 2016.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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“Calumnious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calumnious. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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