- defamatory as an adjective:
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defamatory
adjective
1 defamatory
used of statements Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous.
Roget 932: disapproving etc. v.; scandalized. disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory†, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory†, clamorous, vituperative; defamatory ... show more
Roget 934: detracting etc. v.; defamatory, detractory†, derogatory, deprecatory; catty; disparaging, libelous; scurrile, scurrilous; abusive; ... show more
Polish: oszczerczy, potwarczy
Moby thesaurus: abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory ... show more.
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