defamatory
11defamatory — adj. Defamatory is used with these nouns: ↑allegation, ↑remark …
12defamatory — de|fam|a|to|ry [ dı fæmə,tɔri ] adjective FORMAL defamatory remarks make people have a bad opinion of someone and are not true …
13defamatory — 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… …
14defamatory — UK [dɪˈfæmət(ə)rɪ] / US [dɪˈfæməˌtɔrɪ] adjective formal defamatory remarks are not true and make people have a bad opinion of someone …
15defamatory — Slanderous; libelous; injurious to reputation. Hollenbeck v Hall, 103 Iowa 214, 72 NW 518. A publication is defamatory when it tends to injure one s reputation in the community and to expose him to hatred, ridicule, and contempt. Muchnick v Post… …
16defamatory — defame ► VERB ▪ damage the good reputation of. DERIVATIVES defamation noun defamatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin diffamare spread evil report , from fama report …
17defamatory words — index slander Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18defamatory writing — index libel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
19Defamatory libel — For the tort of libel, see Defamation. Defamatory libel was originally an offence under the common law of England. It has been abolished in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. It was or is a form of criminal libel, a term with which it is… …
20defamatory — adjective see defamation …
