defamatory

English

Etymology

From Middle French diffamatoire (altered after the prefix de-), from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfæmətɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfæməˌtɔɹi/

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Adjective

defamatory (comparative more defamatory, superlative most defamatory)

1. Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.

   defamatory statement

   defamatory allegation

   sue for defamatory comments

   The journalist sued for defamatory remarks.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

• defamatorily
• defamatoriness
• nondefamatory

Related terms

• defamation

Translations

damaging to someone’s reputation

• Bulgarian: клеветни́чески (bg) (klevetníčeski), злословен (bg) (zlosloven)
• Catalan: difamatori, difamador, difamant
• French: diffamatoire (fr), diffamant (fr)
• Galician: difamatorio, difamador
• German: verleumderisch (de)
• Greek: δυσφημιστικός (el) m (dysfimistikós), συκοφαντικός (el) m (sykofantikós)
• Icelandic: ærumeiðandi
• Irish: aithiseach
• Middle English: blameful
• Polish: oszczerczy (pl), szkalujący
• Portuguese: difamatório, difamador (pt)
• Russian: бесче́стящий (ru) (besčéstjaščij), дискредити́рующий (ru) (diskreditírujuščij), клеветни́ческий (ru) (klevetníčeskij), поро́чащий (ru) (poróčaščij)
• Spanish: difamatorio, difamador (es)
• Ukrainian: який ганьбить (jakyj hanʹbytʹ), наклепницький (naklepnycʹkyj)