Dictionary

slanderous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈslændəɹəs/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English slander Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English slanderous From slander + -ous.

Meanings

1. (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
   • “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.” 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, anonymous quotee, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost:

Forms

Deriveds

slanderously · slanderousness · unslanderous

Relateds

slander

Synonyms

libelous · defamatory

Translations (14)

fi herjaava (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · sco ill-speakin (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · es difamador (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · ko 중상적인 (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · fr diffamatoire (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · ru клеветни́ческий (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · fi panetteleva (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · bg клеветнически (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · gl calumnioso (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · de verleumderisch (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · nl lasterlijk (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · pt calunioso (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · es calumnioso (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) · el δυσφημιστικός (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation)