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slanderous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slanderous

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

made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record

Synonyms of slanderous

calumnious, defamatory, libelous (or libellous), scandalous

Words Related to slanderous

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 slanderous

appreciative, complimentary, favorable

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

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

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