slanderous

English

Etymology

From slander +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslændəɹəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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:

     “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)