Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Usage example: defamatory remarks that were published in the newspaper
Denigratory is a synonym for defamatory in disparaging topic. In some cases you can use "Denigratory" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Denigratory
Denigratory adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: a denigratory observation that the novel wasn't half bad—considering it was written by an actor
Defamatory is a synonym for denigratory. You can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Denigratory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- opprobrious and defamatory
- opprobrious and denigratory
- insulting and defamatory
- insulting and denigratory
- contemptuous and defamatory
- contemptuous and denigratory
- deprecatory and defamatory
- deprecatory and denigratory
- disparaging and defamatory
- disparaging and denigratory
- pejorative and defamatory
- pejorative and denigratory
- scurrilous and defamatory
- scurrilous and denigratory
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