slanderous
US/ˈslændəɹəs/
slanderous adjective: both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
Adjective
slanderous (comparative more slanderous, superlative most slanderous)
- Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
- “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.”2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, anonymous quotee, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost
- Synonyms:
- defamatory, libelous
slanderous meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
slanderous in Urdu
- اہانت آمیز
slanderous in Bengali
- অপবাদমূলক, কুৎসা রটনাকারী
slanderous in Malayalam
- ദുഷിക്കുന്ന, ദൂഷണമായ, അപകീർത്തികരമായ, പഴിയായ
Synonyms of slanderous
Forms of slanderous
| comparative | more slanderous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most slanderous |
Origin of slanderous
From slander + -ous.
Words formed from slanderous
Questions about slanderous
- What does slanderous mean?
- Slanderous means both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
- What is slanderous in Urdu?
- Slanderous in Urdu is اہانت آمیز. See Slanderous meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is slanderous?
- Slanderous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce slanderous?
- Slanderous is pronounced /ˈslændəɹəs/ (US).
Words near slanderous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: slanderous (page history and authors); slanderous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slanderous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slanderous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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