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defaming
adjective as in opprobrious
Weak matches
- abasing
- calumniatory
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- damaging
- debasing
- defamatory
- denigrating
- depreciative
- derogative
- despicable
- despiteful
- detractive
- disgracing
- dishonoring
- disparaging
- humiliating
- hurting
- injuring
- injurious
- insolent
- insulting
- invective
- libeling
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- maligning
- notorious
- offending
- offensive
- pejorative
- reproaching
- reviling
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shaming
- spiteful
- truculent
- vile
- vitriolic
- vituperative
- vulgar
noun as in denigration
noun as in meanness
Example Sentences
Just last week, a jury awarded more than $1 million to an Idaho performer who accused a far-right blogger of defaming him by falsely claiming he exposed himself to a crowd that included children.
His “Happy Memorial Day to All” greeting was swiftly followed by attacks against federal Judge Lewis Kaplan and the woman he was previously found guilty of defaming.
The law for defaming the monarchy, an offense known as lese majeste, carries a penalty of three to 15 years imprisonment.
Giuliani was found liable for defaming mother-daughter duo Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, whom he previously accused of committing voter fraud while counting ballots in Fulton County during the last presidential election.
“The county spent five years defaming me and trying to convince the public that I was this horrible human being,” Villanueva told The Times on Wednesday.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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