Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Scathing and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scathing" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Scathing
Scathing adjective - Marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings.
Defamatory and scathing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Scathing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and defamatory
- critical and scathing
- scornful and defamatory
- scornful and scathing
- contemptuous and defamatory
- contemptuous and scathing
- sarcastic and defamatory
- sarcastic and scathing
- derisive and defamatory
- derisive and scathing
- deprecatory and defamatory
- deprecatory and scathing
- disparaging and defamatory
- disparaging and scathing
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Scathing and Defamatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/scathing
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