defamatory adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {calumnious}, {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory}, {libellous}, {libelous}, {slanderous}]
Defamatory \De*fam"a*to*ry\, a. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings. [1913 Webster]
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "defamatory": abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory, disparaging, libelous, maligning, minimizing, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, vilifying