Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Offending and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offending" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Offending
Offending adjective - Offending against or breaking a law or rule.
Defamatory and offending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Offending".
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Related pairs
- offensive and defamatory
- offensive and offending
- opprobrious and defamatory
- opprobrious and offending
- insulting and defamatory
- insulting and offending
- scurrilous and defamatory
- scurrilous and offending
- abusive and defamatory
- abusive and offending
- vitriolic and defamatory
- vitriolic and offending
- truculent and defamatory
- truculent and offending
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Offending and Defamatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/offending
Defamatory & Offending. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/offending>.
Offending or Defamatory. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/offending.
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