Slanderous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slanderous
       adj : (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to
             discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {calumnious},
              {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory},
              {libellous}, {libelous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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