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- Dictionarydefamatory/dɪˈfamət(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. (of remarks, writing, etc.) damaging the good reputation of someone; slanderous or libellous: "a defamatory allegation"
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DEFAMATORY definition: 1. damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are…. Learn more.
DEFAMATION definition: 1. the action of damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about…. Learn more.
DEFAMATORY meaning: 1. damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are…. Learn more.
The meaning of DEFAMATION is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injure the reputation of that person : the act of defaming another : calumny.
Defamatory definition: containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous or libelous. See examples of DEFAMATORY used in a sentence.
/dɪˈfæmətɔːri/ (formal) (of speech or writing) intended to harm somebody by saying or writing bad or false things about them. The article was highly defamatory. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
The meaning of DEFAMATORY is tending to disgrace or lower public opinion of a person or to harm a person's reputation.
A person has no cause of action against another for defamatory words spoken to him; they must have been heard by a third person.
A term that refers to something capable of damaging or discrediting someone's reputation or community standing. How to use "defamatory" in a sentence. The article had defamatory statements about the council member, calling her integrity into question.
Defamatory is a word used to describe statements that are untrue, slanderous, or libelous. Defamatory language often consists of harmful lies. Defamatory words — that is, words which defame — are words that can cause real damage.
