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Defamatory

Defamatory Meaning & Definition
Defamatory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defamatory?

[adj] (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defamatory: calumniatory | calumnious | denigrating | denigrative | denigratory | harmful | libellous | libelous | slanderous

Related Terms | Find terms related to Defamatory: abusive | backbiting | back-biting | 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

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Defamatory In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fam"a*to*ry\, a. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.

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