Meanings
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 HuffPostSynonyms: defamatory, libelous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishslander
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishslanderous
Translations
Bulgarian клеветнически
- клеветнически (klevetničeski)Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
Dutch lasterlijk
- lasterlijkBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
Finnish herjaava, panetteleva
- herjaavaBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
- panettelevaBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
French diffamatoire
- diffamatoireBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
German verleumderisch
- verleumderischBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
Greek δυσφημιστικός
- δυσφημιστικός (dysfimistikós)Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
Korean 중상적인
- 중상적인 (jungsangjeogin)Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
Portuguese calunioso
- caluniosoBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
Russian клеветни́ческий
- клеветни́ческий (klevetníčeskij)Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
Spanish calumnioso, difamador
- calumniosoBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
- difamadorBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation
Cite this entry
slanderous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanderous
“slanderous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanderous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slanderous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanderous.
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