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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
We see it in Trump's inability to stop defaming E. Jean Carroll, a woman a civil jury found he sexually assaulted in the 90s.
This dizzying election season took another surprise turn to little fanfare this week: The so-called Central Park Five sued Donald Trump for defaming them with a statement he made during the debate against Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on September 10.
The federal lawuit filed in June had, among other things, accused the county of defaming Villanueva and violating his due process rights when officials “secretly” investigated him without giving him a chance to respond to the accusations.
But he still hasn’t stopped defaming her.
Donald Trump appeared in a New York City courtroom on Friday to attend the appeal against the case that found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E Jean Carroll.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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