'Slanderous' definitions:
Definition of 'Slanderous'
From: GCIDE
- Slanderous \Slan"der*ous\, a.
- 1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. [1913 Webster] -- {Slan"der*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Slan"der*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slanderous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- backbiting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- decrying,
- defamatory,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- discrediting,
- disparaging,
- libelous,
- maligning,
- minimizing,
- muckraking,
- pejorative,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slighting,
- smear,
- vilifying