Defamatory - English meaning

adjective

Extremely offensive and insulting.

Usage examples:

The goalkeeper was sent off for using abusive language

adjective

Treating someone badly or cruelly, esp. physically

Usage examples:

He was a very strict parent, but never abusive.

adjective

Using rude and offensive words

Usage examples:

She was sacked for sending an abusive email to a colleague., abusive calls/comments/language, the f…

noun

Malicious talk about someone who is not present.

Usage examples:

Members have grown tired of the backbiting in the group

verb

Talk maliciously about someone who is not present.

Usage examples:

They backbite about their colleagues

adjective

(of a statement) false and defamatory; slanderous.

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All of these charges are false and calumnious

adjective

False and damaging to someone's reputation

Usage examples:

Most of the article is just a calumnious personal attack.

verb

Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.

Usage examples:

He claimed that the article defamed his family

verb

Present participle of defame

Usage examples:

Mr turnock claimed the editorial had defamed him.

adjective

Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.

Usage examples:

Disparaging remarks about council houses

verb

Regard or represent as being of little worth.

Usage examples:

He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors

adjective

Criticizing someone, in a way that shows you do not respect or value them

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Disparaging remarks

adjective

Containing or constituting a libel.

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A libellous newspaper story

adjective

Making false or unfair statements that are likely to damage the reputation of a person or organization

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The content of the website was not judged to be libellous., bloggers should take care to avoid maki…

adjective

Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of malicious damage

adjective

Having the nature of threatening evil

adjective

Intending to cause harm, esp. by hurting someone’s feelings or reputation

Usage examples:

He says she threatened him and spied on him, among other malicious activities.

noun

The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people.

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A muckraking journalist

verb

Search out and publicize scandal about famous people.

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Independent media are not afraid to muckrake and set their own agenda

noun

The activity, especially by newspapers and reporters, of trying to find out unpleasant information about people or organizations in order to make it public

Usage examples:

There was so much muckraking about his family life that he decided not to stand for election.

adjective

Causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law.

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A series of scandalous liaisons

adjective

(of a spoken statement) false and malicious.

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Slanderous allegations

verb

Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

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It was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him

verb

Present participle of traduce

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

Usage examples:

A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

Usage examples:

I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

verb

Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.

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He has been vilified in the press

verb

Present participle of vilify

Usage examples:

He was vilified by the press as a monster.