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slanderous
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | libelous |
| Synonyms: | calumniatory, defamatory, disparaging, malicious, maligning, opprobrious |
| Main Entry: | derogatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, uncomplimentary |
| Synonyms: | aspersing, belittling, calumnious, censorious, contumelious, critical, damaging, decrying, defamatory, degrading, demeaning, deprecatory, depreciative, despiteful, detracting, disdainful, dishonoring, disparaging, fault-finding, humiliating, injurious, malevolent, malicious, maligning, minimizing, opprobrious, reproachful, sarcastic, scornful, slanderous, slighting, spiteful, unfavorable, unflattering, vilifying |
| Antonyms: | appreciative, complimentary, favorable, flattering, praising |
| Main Entry: | injurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, adverse, bad, baneful, corrupting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, iniquitous, insulting, libeling, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noxious, opprobrious, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, ruinous, slanderous, unconducive, unhealthy, unjust, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | aiding, assisting, beneficial, constructive, curing, fixing, good, healing, helpful, mending, nice |
| Main Entry: | invidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying |
| Notes: | insidious (Latin insidere 'to lie in wait for,' from sedere 'sit') describes stealthy, treacherous behavior; invidious behavior arouses ill will, animosity, or hostility |
| Antonyms: | delightful, likeable, lovable |
| Main Entry: | scandalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disreputable |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, red hot, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, slanderous, traducing, unseemly, untrue, vilifying |
| Antonyms: | proper, reputable, respected |
| Main Entry: | scurrilous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foul-mouthed, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | abusive, coarse, contumelious, defamatory, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, infamous, insulting, invective, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, offending, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, raunchy, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scandalous, shameless, slanderous, smutty, truculent, vituperative, vituperatory, vituperous |
| Antonyms: | clean, polite, upright |
| Main Entry: | vicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, hateful |
| Synonyms: | backbiting, beastly, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, cussed, defamatory, despiteful, dirty*, evil, fierce, frightful, furious, horrid, intense, lousy*, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, murderous, ornery*, poisonous, rancorous, rough, savage, slanderous, spiteful, tough, vehement, venomous, vindictive, violent, wicked |
| Notes: | vicious is savage or cruel; viscous is thick or gummy, as a liquid that is hard to pour |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vituperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abusive |
| Synonyms: | calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, maligning, obloquious, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying |
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