defamatory

English

Etymology

From Middle French diffamatoire (altered after the prefix de-), from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfæmətɹi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfæmətɔɹi/

Adjective

defamatory (comparative more defamatory, superlative most defamatory)

1. damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

• defamatorily
• defamatoriness
• nondefamatory

 

Related terms

• defamation

Translations

damaging to someone's reputation

• Bulgarian: клеветни́чески (bg) (klevetníčeski)
• Catalan: difamador, difamant, difamatori
• French: diffamant (fr), diffamatoire (fr)
• Galician: difamador, difamatorio
• German: verleumderisch (de)
• Greek: δυσφημιστικός (el) m (dysfimistikós), συκοφαντικός (el) m (sykofantikós)
• Icelandic: ærumeiðandi
• Irish: aithiseach
• Middle English: blameful
• Polish: oszczerczy (pl), szkalujący
• Portuguese: difamador, difamatório
• Russian: клеветни́ческий (ru) (klevetníčeskij), поро́чащий (ru) (poróčaščij), бесче́стящий (ru) (besčéstjaščij), дискредити́рующий (ru) (diskreditírujuščij)
• Spanish: difamatorio, difamador (es)
• Ukrainian: наклепницький (naklepnycʹkyj), який ганьбить (jakyj hanʹbytʹ)