defamatory

  • 21defamatory — adjective damaging to someones reputation, especially if untrue See Also: defamation …

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  • 22defamatory — Synonyms and related words: abusive, back biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory,… …

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  • 23defamatory — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slanderous, libelous, abusive; see opprobrious 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. slanderous, libelous, denigrating, derogatory, disparaging, scandalous, insulting, calumnious, smearing, injurious. ANT.:… …

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  • 24defamatory — de·fam·a·to·ry || dɪ fæmÉ™tÉ™rɪ adj. slanderous, abusive, libelous …

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  • 25defamatory — a. Slanderous, calumnious, libellous, abusive, false and injurious …

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  • 26defamatory — adj 1. denigrating, vituperative, vil ipenditory, critical, condemnatory, denunciatory, disapprobatory, disapproving, imprecating, maledic tive, maledictory; scandalous, shocking, flagrant, notorious, outrageous; shameful, disgraceful,… …

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  • 27defamatory — de·fam·a·to·ry …

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  • 28defamatory — /dəˈfæmətri/ (say duh famuhtree), / ətəri/ (say uhtuhree) adjective containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous. –defamatorily /diˈfæmətərəli/ (say dee famuhtuhruhlee), adverb …

  • 29defamatory — adjective (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign • Syn: ↑calumniatory, ↑calumnious, ↑denigrative, ↑denigrating, ↑denigratory, ↑libellous, ↑libelous, ↑slanderous …

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  • 30defamatory advertising — An advertisement which is libelous or disparaging of a product. 3 Am J2d Advertg § 2 …

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