slanderous

adjective

Definition of slanderousnext
as in libelous
causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanderous
  1. libelous
  2. erroneous
  3. incorrect
  4. unfavorable
Adjective
  • Any accusation that Israel's objective was to starve innocent civilians—rather than to compel the surrender of Hamas combatants—is not merely unfounded but a libelous distortion of the truth.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Newspapers also worried about potentially libelous posts.
    Mike Savino, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Definition of libelous
Adjective
  • On the other, her disobedience results from her gullibility and erroneous reason.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of erroneous
Adjective
  • Common issues include invoices being addressed to the wrong legal entity, missing postal addresses, incorrect purchase order numbers, or errors in the tax treatment of transactions.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • At the risk of repeating my incorrect assertion of last offseason, Ohio State profiles as the top national championship threat to the SEC.
    Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of incorrect
Adjective
  • SiriusXM has been grappling with subscriber losses and unfavorable demographic shifts.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, roughly half of Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Musk, which is also similar to the amount of Americans who view Trump negatively.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfavorable
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