defamatory

[ dih-fam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous or libelous: She claimed that the article in the magazine was defamatory.

Origin of defamatory

1
First recorded in 1585–95; from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius, equivalent to Latin diffāmā(re) (see defame) + -tōrious -tory1

Other words from defamatory

  • non·de·fam·a·to·ry, adjective
  • un·de·fam·a·to·ry, adjective

Words Nearby defamatory

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British Dictionary definitions for defamatory

defamatory

/ (dɪˈfæmətərɪ, -trɪ) /


adjective
  1. injurious to someone's name or reputation

Derived forms of defamatory

  • defamatorily, adverb

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