slanderous

English

Etymology

From slander +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

slanderous (comparative more slanderous, superlative most slanderous)

1. (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
   • 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, anonymous quotee, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost‎^[1]:

     “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.”

Synonyms

• defamatory
• libelous
• See also Thesaurus:defamatory

Related terms

• slander

Translations

Both untrue and harmful to a reputation

• Bulgarian: клеветнически (bg) (klevetničeski)
• Dutch: lasterlijk (nl)
• Finnish: herjaava (fi), panetteleva (fi)
• French: diffamatoire (fr)
• Galician: calumnioso
• German: verleumderisch (de)
• Greek: δυσφημιστικός (el) (dysfimistikós)
• Korean: 중상적인 (ko) (jungsangjeogin)
• Portuguese: calunioso (pt)
• Russian: клеветни́ческий (ru) (klevetníčeskij)
• Scots: ill-speakin
• Spanish: calumnioso, difamador (es)