Slanderous
Slanderous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Usage example: made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record
Vilifying and slanderous are semantically related in derogatory topic. In some cases you can use "Vilifying" instead an adjective "Slanderous".
Vilifying
Vilifying noun - The making of false statements that damage another's reputation.
Slanderous and vilifying are semantically related in derogatory topic. You can use "Slanderous" instead an adjective "Vilifying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- opprobrious and slanderous
- opprobrious and vilifying
- insulting and slanderous
- insulting and vilifying
- deprecatory and slanderous
- deprecatory and vilifying
- disparaging and slanderous
- disparaging and vilifying
- scurrilous and slanderous
- scurrilous and vilifying
- abusive and slanderous
- abusive and vilifying
- scandalous and slanderous
- scandalous and vilifying
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Vilifying and Slanderous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slanderous/vilifying
Slanderous & Vilifying. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slanderous/vilifying>.
Vilifying or Slanderous. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slanderous/vilifying.
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