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[syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Defamatory \De*fam"a*to*ry\, a.
Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious;
slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
defamatory
adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to
discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious,
defamatory, denigrative, denigrating,
denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "defamatory":
abusive, back-biting, backbiting, 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