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defamatory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of defamatory

causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name

defamatory remarks that were published in the newspaper

Synonyms of defamatory

calumnious, libelous (or libellous), scandalous, slanderous

Words Related to defamatory

erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, wrong

denigrative, denigratory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering

invidious, objectionable

maligning, traducing, vilifying

hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful

Near Antonyms of defamatory

appreciative, complimentary, favorable

adulatory, commendatory, eulogistic, hagiographic (also hagiographical), laudatory

accurate, correct, errorless, factual, right, sound, true, valid

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