Adulatory and Slanderous

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Adulatory adjective - Overly or insincerely flattering.

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Slanderous is an antonym for adulatory.

Nearby Word: adulation

Slanderous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.

Usage example: made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record

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Adulatory is an antonym for slanderous.

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Slanderous and Adulatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adulatory/slanderous

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