slanderous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

slanderous
    adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to
           discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {calumnious},
           {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating},
           {denigratory}, {libellous}, {libelous}, {slanderous}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slanderous \Slan"der*ous\, a.
   1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
      "Slanderous tongue." --Shak.
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   2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as,
      slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Slan"der*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Slan"der*ous*ness}, n.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "slanderous":
      abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory,
      calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious,
      decrying, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
      derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory,
      discrediting, disparaging, libelous, maligning, minimizing,
      muckraking, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile,
      scurrilous, slighting, smear, vilifying

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