calumniatory

Questions about calumniatory

What does calumniatory mean?

calumniatory means "(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign".

How many syllables are in calumniatory?

calumniatory has 6 syllables: ca-lum-ni-a-to-ry. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for calumniatory?

Close synonyms include calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calumniatory a common word?

calumniatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.