...they must be his companions in some humble abode, in some remote obscurity; for it was in virtuous privacy only that he could hope to find a shelter from an ill-judging and calumnious world.
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Calumnious
Synonyms for "calumnious" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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More general
3 entriesdefamatory termethical descriptorpejorative descriptor
More specific
6 entriescalumnious accusationcalumnious claimcalumnious remarkcalumnious rhetoricmalicious assertionunfounded claim
Collocations
6 entriescalumnious accusationcalumnious allegationscalumnious remarkscalumnious rhetoriccalumnious rumorscalumnious statements
Inflections
2 entriesmore calumniousmost calumnious
Derivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
1 total sentences available.