adjective
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
• Syn:
↑calumniatory, ↑calumnious, ↑defamatory, ↑denigrative, ↑denigrating, ↑denigratory, ↑libellous, ↑libelous
• Similar to: ↑harmful
• Derivationally related forms:
↑slander, ↑libel (for: ↑libelous), ↑libel (for: ↑libellous), ↑denigrate (for: ↑denigratory), ↑denigrate (for: ↑denigrative), ↑defame (for: ↑defamatory), ↑calumny (for: ↑calumnious)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.