Meaning of DEFAMATORY
| Pronunciation: | | di'famu`towree
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
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| | Synonyms: | | calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, harmful, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*fam"a*to*ry\, a.
Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious;
slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
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| | Related Terms: | | abusive, backbiting, back-biting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory, disparaging, libelous, maligning, minimizing, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, vilifying |
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