Libelous
Libelous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Slighting
Slighting adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants
Libelous and slighting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Libelous" instead an adjective "Slighting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- opprobrious and libelous
- opprobrious and slighting
- insulting and libelous
- insulting and slighting
- scornful and libelous
- scornful and slighting
- deprecatory and libelous
- deprecatory and slighting
- depreciative and libelous
- depreciative and slighting
- disparaging and libelous
- disparaging and slighting
- pejorative and libelous
- pejorative and slighting
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