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• 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.

• calumniatory
• calumnious
• defamatory
• denigrative
• denigrating
• denigratory
• libellous
• libelous

News & Articles

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• Shaun Marcum wins! He will not go 0-10 as Mets beat White Sox
  As most people realize by know, individual won-loss records for pitchers are misleading at best, and slanderous at worst. As if they're the only ones on the field when a game is won or lost! Shaun Marcum of the New … Continue reading ?
  June 27, 2013 - Big League Stew via Yahoo! Sports
• Facebook group against Marlow gains members
  Christine Rea of Canton created the group called SCRAM! or Smart Citizens Rally Against Marlow!, which had more than 525 members by Friday. “The intention of the group was to put all the information in one place,” Rea said. “There won’t be anything that will be slanderous or libelous posted.” Canton resident Ashley Cline started the online petition at change.org, and had more than 125 supporters ...
  June 22, 2013 - Cherokee Tribune

Quotes

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• Francois Fillon in Vancouver Sun
  This is slander, this is a systematic destabilization campaign,Prime Minister Francois Fillon said. "We will not be intimidated by these methods and I want to say that those who are involved in this manhunt, or slanderous accusations,...
• Henry Lee in Newsday
  It is clear the motive for this slanderous attack is a tactic to kill the messenger before the message is delivered,said Lee.
• Michael Bay in Right Juris
  The unprofessional and slanderous nature of this article in such an esteemed and respected newspaper as the Mumbai Mirror is deeply disturbing. It brings the author of this article into disrepute. It brings the editor that published this article... Amitabh Bachchan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGjS8eQhoNMPMEOOznf1kQVYWZaAQ NDTV.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx%3FSection%3DMovies%26ID%3DENTEN20100131801%26subcatg%3DMOVIESINDIA%26keyword%3Dbollywood&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHa7ALRpwDHycq8Lv4HPYHwWcDTzw Feb 20, 2010 90862 120954 slang One thing we're getting rid of is what I call the 'dorky comedy," Bay told USA Today. "So the twins, the two bumbling, slang-spewing robots? They're basically gone."