Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Hostile and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hostile" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Hostile
Hostile adjective - Opposed to one's interests.
Usage example: the company's president vows to fight the hostile takeover by the giant corporation
Defamatory and hostile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Hostile".
Nearby Word: hostility
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and defamatory
- mean and hostile
- offensive and defamatory
- offensive and hostile
- hateful and defamatory
- hateful and hostile
- nasty and defamatory
- nasty and hostile
- vicious and defamatory
- vicious and hostile
- vitriolic and defamatory
- vitriolic and hostile
- truculent and defamatory
- truculent and hostile
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Hostile and Defamatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/hostile
Defamatory & Hostile. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/hostile>.
Hostile or Defamatory. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/hostile.
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