Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slanderous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slanderous \Slan"der*ous\, a.
1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
``Slanderous tongue.'' --Shak.
2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as,
slanderous words, speeches, or reports. --
{Slan"der*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Slan"der*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slanderous
adj : (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to
discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {calumnious},
{defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory},
{libellous}, {libelous}]
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