Defamatory — De*fam a*to*ry, a. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
defamatory — UK US /dɪˈfæmətəri/ US /dɪˈfæmətɔri/ adjective LAW ► likely to harm someone s reputation: »defamatory remarks/statements/allegations »She said the story was completely untrue and highly defamatory … Financial and business terms
defamatory — 1590s, from M.Fr. diffamatoire, M.L. diffamatorius tending to defame, from diffamat , pp. stem of diffamare (see DEFAME (Cf. defame)) … Etymology dictionary
defamatory — [adj] libelous, slanderous abusive, calumnious, contumelious, denigrating, derogatory, detracting, detractive, disparaging, injurious, insulting, maligning, opprobrious, traducing, vilifying, vituperative; concepts 267,537 Ant. approving,… … New thesaurus
defamatory — [dē fam′ə tôr΄ē, difam΄ə tôr΄ē] adj. [ML diffamatorius] defaming or tending to defame; slanderous … English World dictionary
defamatory — Calumnious; containing defamation; injurious to reputation; libelous; slanderous. See defamation @ defamatory libel Written, permanent form of defamation as contrasted with slander which is oral defamation. See libel @ defamatory per quod… … Black's law dictionary
defamatory — Calumnious; containing defamation; injurious to reputation; libelous; slanderous. See defamation @ defamatory libel Written, permanent form of defamation as contrasted with slander which is oral defamation. See libel @ defamatory per quod… … Black's law dictionary
defamatory — [[t]dɪfæ̱mətri, AM tɔːri[/t]] ADJ GRADED Speech or writing that is defamatory is likely to damage someone s good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them. [FORMAL] The article was highly defamatory. Syn: slanderous … English dictionary
defamatory — /di fam euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous or libelous: She claimed that the article in the magazine was defamatory. [1585 95; < ML diffamatorius, equiv. to L diffama(re) (see DEFAME) + torious… … Universalium
defamatory — adj. Defamatory is used with these nouns: ↑allegation, ↑remark … Collocations dictionary
