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Synonyms for defamatory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-fam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i |
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Définition of defamatory
Origin :- 1590s, from Middle French diffamatoire, Medieval Latin diffamatorius "tending to defame," from diffamat-, past participle stem of diffamare (see defame).
- adj libelous, slanderous
- And he threatened to have me arrested for defamatory language.
- Extract from : « Our Square and the People in It » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- There is another point connected with this employment of defamatory epithets.
- Extract from : « Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh » by Lin-Le
- All sorts of defamatory reports were spread abroad about them.
- Extract from : « T. De Witt Talmage » by T. De Witt Talmage
- The Archbishop of Salzburg bitterly resents "the calumnious and defamatory charges against them."
- Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
- Sir Charles has written a defamatory letter, which has closed every house in this county to his victim.
- Extract from : « A Terrible Temptation » by Charles Reade
- To prove that the defamatory publication complained of is true is an absolute and complete defense.
- Extract from : « The Style Book of The Detroit News » by The Detroit News
- The said defamatory protest or libel was authenticated by a royal clerk named Diego de Rueda.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 » by Various
- And lately he received a letter from his Majesty, along with the defamatory libel of his opponent.
- Extract from : « Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) » by Jules Bonnet
- It was not in the words, but in the tone, that Abe Hawley found something unusual and defamatory.
- Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
- No intent can, make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on the Present Discontents » by Edmund Burke
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