Appreciative and Calumnious

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Appreciative adjective - Expressing approval.

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Calumnious is an antonym for appreciative.

Calumnious adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.

Usage example: a calumnious campaign ad that went well beyond the negativity to which voters had become so richly accustomed

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Appreciative is an antonym for calumnious.

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