Defamatory (Adjective)
Meaning
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The newspaper was sued for publishing defamatory statements about the politician's personal life.
- The company's lawyer argued that the rival firm's advertising campaign was defamatory and intended to harm their reputation.
- The blogger was accused of posting defamatory comments about the celebrity on social media.
- The judge ruled that the defendant's testimony was defamatory and ordered it to be stricken from the record.
- The politician's campaign claimed that the opponent's ads were defamatory and demanded that they be taken off the air.