backbiting
131slander — I. v. a. 1. Defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, belie. 2. Disparage, detract from. II. n. 1. Defamation, aspersion, detraction, calumny, backbiting, scandal, obloquy …
132defamatory — adjective the candidates abused the debate forum by exchanging defamatory remarks Syn: libelous, slanderous, calumnious, scandalmongering, malicious, vicious, backbiting, muckraking; abusive, disparaging, denigratory, insulting; informal… …
