defamatory

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)

1. 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)