slanderous
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slanderous
- /ˈslændəɹəs/ US
adjective more slanderous · most slanderous
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Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
“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.”
Similar: defamatory, libelous
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adj Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
| Español | calumnioso, difamador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 중상적인 jungsangjeogin |
| Português | calunioso |
| Français | diffamatoire |
| Deutsch | verleumderisch |
| Ελληνικά | δυσφημιστικός dysfimistikós |
| Русский | клеветни́ческий klevetníčeskij |
Talk about this word "slanderous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slanderous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. slanderous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slanderous "slanderous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slanderous.Cite this
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title = {slanderous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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