defamatory English

Meaning defamatory meaning

What does defamatory mean?

— adjective (= calumniatory) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

What other words have the same or similar meaning as defamatory?

slanderous libelous calumnious libellous denigratory calumniatory abusive scandalous denigrative denigrating scurrilous scornful opprobrious maledicent libeling invidious injurious foul-mouthed detractive derogatory damaging

How do I use defamatory in a sentence?

I demand that you remove your slanderous and defamatory comments at once or my lawyers will be in touch.

That's not only reaching, it's defamatory.

It seems I made some defamatory remarks about your father.

And defamatory in our writing.

She might have been killed by someone trying to shut her defamatory mouth.

My aspiration was defamatory journalism.

You just made a defamatory remark about this town.

Guru, his actions were clearly defamatory!

These defamatory remarks.

We do. Your Honor, I am not even gonna begin to deal with how insulting and defamatory this is.

Uh, yeah, we represent Gene Toy, and you're gonna have to take that down, 'cause he hasn't been charged with anything and it's defamatory.

Mr. Arbitrator, not only is this not defamatory.

Nothing which can be defamatory for me, I hope?

Well, it's a lie and it's defamatory.

It's less scary than the guillotine, but equally defamatory.

As I have said, this web of defamatory lies.

Here it means a short defamatory publication which people circulated.

The defamatory remarks were made in TV spots.

Your defamatory comment was discovered on a private Web site for college administrators, and that is why our client had difficulty getting a new job.

So even if the words are defamatory, they are still nevertheless true.

My hunch is that he's gonna manipulate her into saying defamatory things about you.

This is defamatory!

It is untrue and defamatory, and he wants to sue.

This is defamatory, Blake.

Third-party public declaration is still defamatory.

And you still insist this was not defamatory?

The defamatory comments that Frank Landau made about my client. They were made to AUSA Perrotti.

I object to this whole line of questioning as defamatory.

It's defamatory, and we want it taken down.