Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Libeling and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Libeling" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Libeling
Libeling noun - The making of false statements that damage another's reputation.
Defamatory and libeling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Libeling".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- vulgar and defamatory
- vulgar and libeling
- offensive and defamatory
- offensive and libeling
- opprobrious and defamatory
- opprobrious and libeling
- insulting and defamatory
- insulting and libeling
- contemptuous and defamatory
- contemptuous and libeling
- depreciative and defamatory
- depreciative and libeling
- disparaging and defamatory
- disparaging and libeling
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