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[syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slanderous \Slan"der*ous\, a.
1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
"Slanderous tongue." --Shak.
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2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as,
slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
[1913 Webster] -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. --
Slan"der*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
slanderous
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:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "slanderous":
abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory,
calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious,
decrying, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory,
discrediting, disparaging, libelous, maligning, minimizing,
muckraking, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile,
scurrilous, slighting, smear, vilifying