slanderous

  • 11slanderous — adjective see slander II …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12slanderous — adjective Both untrue and harmful to a reputation. Syn: defamatory, libelous See Also: slander …

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  • 13slanderous — Synonyms and related words: abusive, back biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, decrying, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 14slanderous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. libelous, defamatory, disparaging; see opprobrious 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Damaging to the reputation: calumnious, defamatory, detractive, injurious, invidious, scandalous. Law: libelous. See ATTACK,… …

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  • 15slanderous — slan|der|ous [ slændərəs ] adjective containing or using slander …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16slanderous — slan·der·ous || slændÉ™rÉ™s /slɑː adj. calumnious, defamatory, false and harmful; using slander to harm or injure …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17slanderous — a. 1. Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and malicious. 2. Backbiting, maligning, calumnious, false and malicious …

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  • 18slanderous — slan·der·ous …

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  • 19slanderous — UK [ˈslɑːnd(ə)rəs] / US [ˈslændərəs] adjective legal containing or using slander …

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  • 20slanderous — adjective (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign • Syn: ↑calumniatory, ↑calumnious, ↑defamatory, ↑denigrative, ↑denigrating, ↑denigratory, ↑libellous, ↑libelous …

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