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单词 slanderous
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Definition of slanderous in English:

slanderous

adjective ˈslɑːnd(ə)rəsˈsland(ə)rəsˈslændərəs
  • (of a spoken statement) false and malicious.

    slanderous allegations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm not going to miss the mud-slinging, slanderous, nasty ads on the radio.
    • He began to make slanderous attacks and false accusations against those who questioned his stories.
    • Publicly telling someone that they did not belong in a neighborhood could be a very slanderous insult.
    • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
    • Prudie only mentions this because to repeat such an accusation, should it be untrue, would be slanderous.
    Synonyms
    defamatory, denigratory, disparaging, derogatory, libellous, pejorative, false, untrue, lying, misrepresentative, damaging, injurious, scurrilous, scandalous, poisonous, vicious, opprobrious, malicious, abusive, insulting
    informal dirty, mud-slinging
    rare calumnious, calumniatory, aspersive, aspersory

Derivatives

  • slanderously

  • adverbˈslɑːnd(ə)rəsliˈslænd(ə)rəsli
    • You might expect it would have been for slanderously questioning King's integrity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, some of what are slanderously called ‘illegal settlements’ on the West Bank are really resettlements of areas populated by Jews.
      • Modern apologists slanderously depict the Meccan heathens as fanatics intolerant of Mohammed's innovative cult.
      • What should be poignant moments come out slanderously funny, and the capper twist makes this the most satisfying of the bunch.
      • Morgan mentally scolds herself at her slanderously obtuse remark as Jody's mansion lay just a block down.
 
 

Definition of slanderous in US English:

slanderous

adjectiveˈslændərəsˈslandərəs
  • (of a spoken statement) false and malicious.

    slanderous allegations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
    • Publicly telling someone that they did not belong in a neighborhood could be a very slanderous insult.
    • He began to make slanderous attacks and false accusations against those who questioned his stories.
    • I'm not going to miss the mud-slinging, slanderous, nasty ads on the radio.
    • Prudie only mentions this because to repeat such an accusation, should it be untrue, would be slanderous.
    Synonyms
    defamatory, denigratory, disparaging, derogatory, libellous, pejorative, false, untrue, lying, misrepresentative, damaging, injurious, scurrilous, scandalous, poisonous, vicious, opprobrious, malicious, abusive, insulting
 
 
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