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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slanderous \Slan"der*ous\, adjective
1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. ''Slanderous tongue.'' --Shak.
2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- {Slan"der*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Slan"der*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
slanderous
adjective: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {calumnious}, {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory}, {libellous}, {libelous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "slanderous": abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, decrying, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory, discrediting, disparaging, libelous, maligning, minimizing, muckraking, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slighting, smear, vilifying
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