slanderous

adjective

Definition of slanderousnext
as in libelous
causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record

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Recent Examples of slanderous The Tarrant County decorum policy prohibits personal attacks and impertinent, profane, obscene or slanderous remarks. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026 Societies throughout history have punished language deemed blasphemous, seditious, inciting or slanderous. — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 The group’s ads on his past felony bank fraud charges were decried by Ford as slanderous. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 Keefer called these claims baseless and slanderous. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanderous
  1. libelous
  2. erroneous
  3. defamatory
  4. incorrect
Adjective
  • Questions concern how the courts would assess who or what might be responsible for faulty algorithms or other flaws in system design and whether a robot was negligent or malicious when disseminating libelous content damaging individuals or organizations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • In recent weeks, though, her group has doubled in size, and while in the past there were only two or three posts per day, Mitchell and her new moderators now have to wade through 60-plus comments ranging from helpful to libelous.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Definition of libelous
Adjective
  • Towers told ProPublica that the audit had reached erroneous conclusions, that the auditors did not give him the opportunity to fully defend his work and that the journal’s willingness to stand by the study is proof that his research is sound.
    — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • For example, antiquarian scholars introduced the erroneous notion that druids built stone circles—most notably Stonehenge—for their ceremonies, an idea that became embedded in the popular imagination during the 18th century.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of erroneous
Adjective
  • Attorneys with Howard Cooper, Todd & Weld, the law firm representing Patrick Clancy, are calling statements like that patently false and defamatory, warning of the real-life consequences making such claims can have.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • According to the motion, the documentary does not reasonably convey the defamatory implications Banks alleges or suggest that the filmmakers intended to convey them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of defamatory
Adjective
  • In between some of the manager’s more clip-worthy quotes, there were more of his usual — and not incorrect — platitudes.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Mosseri said the plaintiff lawyers are incorrect in suggesting that Meta also reduced the number of researchers studying youth mental health harms after Haugen’s leaks.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of incorrect

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“Slanderous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanderous. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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