Hypertext Webster Gateway: "defamatory"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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