slanderous
s lan duh ruhs
- s (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, 85, dean of the college of cardinals, wrote a letter to Suenens reportedly charging that his public statements were defamatory and slanderous.
- Until that morning two years ago when they found all those practitioners meditating on their doorstep in silent protest against a magazine article they considered slanderous.
- But then, when the prosecution presents to the court a number of proofs, fright and confusion appear on his slanderous face.