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slanderous

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Main Entry: slanderous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: libelous

Synonyms:

calumniatory, defamatory, disparaging, malicious, maligning, opprobrious
Main Entry: abusive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exhibiting unkind behavior or words

Synonyms:

calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, maligning, obloquious, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying, vituperative

Antonyms:

complimentary, kind, respectful
Main Entry: derogatory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: offensive, uncomplimentary

Synonyms:

aspersing, belittling, calumnious, censorious, contumelious, critical, damaging, decrying, defamatory, degrading, demeaning, deprecatory, depreciative, despiteful, detracting, disdainful, dishonoring, disparaging, fault-finding, humiliating, injurious, malevolent, malicious, maligning, minimizing, opprobrious, reproachful, sarcastic, scornful, slanderous, slighting, spiteful, unfavorable, unflattering, vilifying

Antonyms:

appreciative, complimentary, favorable, flattering, praising
Main Entry: injurious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hurtful

Synonyms:

abusive, adverse, bad, baneful, corrupting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, iniquitous, insulting, libeling, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noxious, opprobrious, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, ruinous, slanderous, unconducive, unhealthy, unjust, wrongful

Antonyms:

aiding, assisting, beneficial, constructive, curing, fixing, good, healing, helpful, mending, nice
Main Entry: invidious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hateful

Synonyms:

abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying
Notes: insidious (Latin insidere 'to lie in wait for,' from sedere 'sit') describes stealthy, treacherous behavior; invidious behavior arouses ill will, animosity, or hostility

Antonyms:

delightful, likeable, lovable
Main Entry: scandalous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disreputable

Synonyms:

atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, red hot, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, slanderous, traducing, unseemly, untrue, vilifying

Antonyms:

proper, reputable, respected
Main Entry: scurrilous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: foul-mouthed, vulgar

Synonyms:

abusive, coarse, contumelious, defamatory, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, infamous, insulting, invective, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, offending, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, raunchy, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scandalous, shameless, slanderous, smutty, truculent, vituperative, vituperatory, vituperous

Antonyms:

clean, polite, upright
Main Entry: vicious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty, hateful

Synonyms:

backbiting, beastly, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, cussed, defamatory, despiteful, dirty*, evil, fierce, frightful, furious, horrid, intense, lousy*, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, murderous, ornery*, poisonous, rancorous, rough, savage, slanderous, spiteful, tough, vehement, venomous, vindictive, violent, wicked

Antonyms:

friendly, kind, nice, pleasant
Main Entry: vituperative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abusive

Synonyms:

calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, maligning, obloquious, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying
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