Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Despiteful and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Despiteful" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Despiteful
Despiteful adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Defamatory and despiteful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Despiteful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and defamatory
- mean and despiteful
- hateful and defamatory
- hateful and despiteful
- opprobrious and defamatory
- opprobrious and despiteful
- insulting and defamatory
- insulting and despiteful
- scornful and defamatory
- scornful and despiteful
- contemptuous and defamatory
- contemptuous and despiteful
- deprecatory and defamatory
- deprecatory and despiteful
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Despiteful and Defamatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/despiteful
Defamatory & Despiteful. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/despiteful>.
Despiteful or Defamatory. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/despiteful.
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