slanderous
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈslændərəs/
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difamatorio
- She filed a lawsuit against him for making slanderous statements that damaged her reputation.
- slanderous rumor
Examples
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Can you believe the slanderous things he's saying about me?
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Father, what a slanderous word that has become in our city.
Fiction book (1994) -
Where were they through the years other than making slanderous comments?
Blog text (13) -
Assuming corruption all around is slanderous and kind of crazy.
Blog text (20) -
Try thinking about what you are saying before posting slanderous remarks!
Blog text (27) -
This is slanderous and irresponsible.
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Before you make idiotic or slanderous comments, make sure you have all the facts for and against.
Blog text (24) -
Comments that are slanderous, libelous, or are in other ways abusive may be removed by the moderator.
Blog text (29) -
While many journalists have denounced the ad as duplicitous and slanderous, some have hailed it.
Blog text (11) -
The following week, the front-page newspaper headline told the story: "Cherokee Grand Jury Resents Slanderous Night Rider Reports."
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
11
7.9
False statements about a person or group that harm their reputation
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9.9
Saying rude and untrue things to hurt someone's reputation
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8.4
A statement with false words that harm someone's reputation
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9.9
False statements meant to hurt someone's reputation
False statements that try to harm someone's reputation
Hurt someone's reputation with unfair or unproven claims
Harming someone's reputation by saying unfair or untrue things
Saying things to make someone look bad, often unfair or untrue
Giving unfair critical comments that make someone seem worse
Full of unfair personal attacks meant to damage someone's reputation
Antonyms
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slanderous comes from slander, a word that originally meant to cause a scandal — a public 'shame'. So something slanderous spreads false words to hurt a person's reputation.