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adjective

Definition of slanderingnext
as in insulting

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slandering

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verb

present participle of slander
as in smearing
to make untrue and harmful statements about for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slandering
  1. insulting
  2. disparaging
  3. libelous
  4. discrediting
  5. degrading
  6. demeaning
  7. derogatory
Adjective
  • No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Why reach for the insulting explanation when a rational one will do?
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • Prior to appearing on Cunningham's show on Monday, Huggins made more disparaging remarks about Xavier.
    Emily DeLetter, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
  • Will Smith was given the Golden Raspberry Awards’ lone non-disparaging prize, with Smith earning the Redeemer Award after landing an actual Oscar nod for his role in King RIchard; Nicolas Cage and Jamie Dornan were also considered for the quasi-honor.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2022
Definition of disparaging
Adjective
  • Newspapers also worried about potentially libelous posts.
    Mike Savino, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • And finally, modern far-right terrorists still frequently invoke the same libelous assertion that white women must be protected from licentious Black men.
    TIME, TIME, 14 May 2024
Definition of libelous
Verb
  • Many of the conspiracy theories have prompted FEMA to create a page on its site discrediting rumors and false information about its response to Hurricane Helene.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Still, the United States didn’t recognize Haiti as a nation until 1862, during the Civil War, when American leadership was looking for any support in discrediting slavery.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of discrediting
Adjective
  • Read: ‘Shallow Hal’ and the never-ending fat joke Among Lost’s most degrading tropes was Hurley’s obsession with junk food.
    Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Throughout her time in Danity Kane and later Diddy-Dirty Money, Richard claims that Combs would make degrading comments about her body and physical appearance.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of degrading
Adjective
  • This comes after the former president's Madison Square Garden rally where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made demeaning jokes about Puerto Rico and Latinos in general.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Also, the former president has made demeaning comments about women in the past.
    Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of demeaning
Adjective
  • The plaques accompanying the statues also included some of the derogatory comments made in Trump's Access Hollywood tape.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Biden himself took to social media to reiterate his stance, asserting that the derogatory comments made about Puerto Rico at Trump’s rally do not represent the nation’s values.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of derogatory
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