slanderous

English

Etymology

From slander +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈslændəɹəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

slanderous (comparative more slanderous, superlative most slanderous)

  1. (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
    • 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[1]:
      “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.”

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