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Webster 1913 Edition

Defamatory

De-fam′a-to-ry

,

Adj.

Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous;

as,

defamatory

words;

defamatory

writings.

Webster 1828 Edition

Defamatory

DEFAMATORY

,

Adj.

Calumnious; slanderous; containing defamation; false and injurious to reputation; as defamatory words; defamatory reports or writings.

Definition 2024

defamatory

defamatory

English

Adjective

defamatory ‎(comparative more defamatory, superlative most defamatory)

damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:defamatory

Translations

damaging to someone's reputation

Bulgarian: клеветнически (bg) ‎(klevetníčeski)
Catalan: difamador, difamant, difamatori
French: diffamant (fr), diffamatoire (fr)
Galician: difamador, difamatorio
German: verleumderisch (de)
Greek: δυσφημιστικός (el) m ‎(dysfimistikós), συκοφαντικός (el) m ‎(sykofantikós)
Icelandic: ærumeiðandi

Portuguese: difamador, difamatório
Russian: клеветни́ческий (ru) ‎(klevetníčeskij), поро́чащий (ru) ‎(poróčaščij), бесче́стящий (ru) ‎(besčéstjaščij), дискредити́рующий (ru) ‎(diskreditírujuščij)
Spanish: difamatorio, difamador
Ukrainian: наклепницький ‎(naklepnycʹkyj), який ганьбить ‎(jakyj hanʹbytʹ)

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