defamatory

English

Etymology

From Middle French diffamatoire, from Medieval Latin diffamatorius

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfæmətɹi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfæmətɔɹi/

Adjective

defamatory (comparative more defamatory, superlative most defamatory)

damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:defamatory

Related terms

defamation

Translations

damaging to someone's reputation

Bulgarian: клеветнически (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
Portuguese: difamador, difamatório
Russian: клеветни́ческий (ru) (klevetníčeskij), поро́чащий (ru) (poróčaščij), бесче́стящий (ru) (besčéstjaščij), дискредити́рующий (ru) (diskreditírujuščij)
Spanish: difamatorio, difamador
Ukrainian: наклепницький (naklepnycʹkyj), який ганьбить (jakyj hanʹbytʹ)

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