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Definition of Slanderous
1. Adjective. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
Similar to: Harmful
Derivative terms: Calumny, Calumny, Defame, Denigrate, Denigrate, Libel, Libel, Slander, Slander
Definition of Slanderous
1. a. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
Definition of Slanderous
1. Adjective. (context: of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slanderous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanderous
Literary usage of Slanderous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"The doctrine at common law, touching slanderous Words. ... Slanderous Words
actionable per se. Here also the division is that already indicated, that is, ..."
2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"It is well settled that an action cannot be maintained against two or more persons
jointly for uttering and publishing slanderous words,1 because the words ..."
3. A Manual of Common Law: Comprising the Fundamental Principles and the Points by Josiah William Smith (1864)
"But the original utterer of slanderous words is not responsible in damages for the
... slanderous. A person will be responsible for a slander- imputation ..."
4. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"Seventhly, all other actions on the case, except actions for slanderous words
and for libels. 105.—§ 2. All actions for assault and battery, and for false ..."
5. Autobiography of Thaddeus Lewis, a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal by Thaddeus Lewis (1865)
"... of circulating slanderous reports against any one, and that it is righteous
thing to hold every person innocent until they are proved guilty. ..."
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