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defamatory

UK/dɪˈfæmətɹi//dɪˈfæməˌtɔɹi/

defamatory adjective: damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.

Adjective

defamatory (comparative more defamatory, superlative most defamatory)

  1. Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
    • defamatory statement
    • defamatory allegation

defamatory meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

defamatory in Tamil

செயல் தவறு, செய்தக்க செய்யாமை

defamatory in Malayalam

slanderous, libellous, calumnious
അപകീർത്തികരമായ, അപകീർത്തിപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, മാനഹാനി വരുത്തുന്ന, അപകീർത്തിയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അപവാദക, മാനഷ്ടം വരുത്തുന്ന

Examples of defamatory in a sentence

  • sue for defamatory comments
  • The journalist sued for defamatory remarks.

Synonyms of defamatory

Forms of defamatory

comparativemore defamatory
superlativemost defamatory

Origin of defamatory

From Middle French diffamatoire (altered after the prefix de-), from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius.

Words formed from defamatory

Questions about defamatory

What does defamatory mean?
Defamatory means damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
What is defamatory in Tamil?
Defamatory in Tamil is செயல் தவறு, செய்தக்க செய்யாமை. See Defamatory meaning in Tamil.
How do you use defamatory in a sentence?
sue for defamatory comments
What part of speech is defamatory?
Defamatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce defamatory?
Defamatory is pronounced /dɪˈfæmətɹi/ (UK).

Words near defamatory in the dictionary

  1. defamating
  2. defamation
  3. defamations
  4. defamatorily
  5. defamatoriness
  6. defamatory
  7. defame
  8. defamed
  9. defamer
  10. defamers
  11. defames

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: defamatory (page history and authors); defamatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defamatory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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