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 group’s ads on his past felony bank fraud charges were decried by Ford as slanderous.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Keefer called these claims baseless and slanderous.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026
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
Adjective
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Breuer also accused Moore of using a Jan. 26 news conference, four days after the building was evacuated, to spread falsehoods about the company, which Breuer said could be deemed libelous.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Who never bothered to delete the erroneous post.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Then, in 2005, the Texas First Court of Appeals overturned Yates’ conviction after finding the forensic psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution gave erroneous testimony that may have prejudiced the jury.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The parents and other relatives of children killed in the shooting said Jones’ defamatory claims haunted them for years and led to harassment and death threats.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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At that time, Taj Jackson called the allegations false and defamatory.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Moreover, most of the assertions made by those seeking to undermine the dark matter hypothesis are now demonstrably incorrect, ruled out by the existing data.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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Administrative errors or outdated income information can also lead to incorrect withholding amounts, which may temporarily increase what's taken until corrected.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Slanderous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanderous. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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