denigratory vs calumnious

denigratory and calumnious both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
denigratory	No	Yes	No	No
calumnious	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, denigratory and calumnious are synonyms defined as:

denigratory and calumnious: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Other synonyms of denigratory include calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous.

denigratory (adjective)	calumnious (adjective)
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign	(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign