Calumnious
Calumnious adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Slighting and calumnious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slighting" instead an adjective "Calumnious".
Slighting
Slighting adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants
Calumnious and slighting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Calumnious" instead an adjective "Slighting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and calumnious
- offensive and slighting
- opprobrious and calumnious
- opprobrious and slighting
- insulting and calumnious
- insulting and slighting
- scornful and calumnious
- scornful and slighting
- deprecatory and calumnious
- deprecatory and slighting
- depreciative and calumnious
- depreciative and slighting
- disparaging and calumnious
- disparaging and slighting
Cite this Source
Slighting and Calumnious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/calumnious/slighting
Calumnious & Slighting. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/calumnious/slighting>.
Slighting or Calumnious. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/calumnious/slighting.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "calumnious" and "slighting" have occurred on timeline