defamatory

[ dih-fam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ dɪˈfæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous or libelous: She claimed that the article in the magazine was defamatory.

Origin of defamatory

1585–95; < Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius, equivalent to Latin diffāmā(re) (see defame) + -tōrious -tory¹

non·de·fam·a·to·ry, adjective un·de·fam·a·to·ry, adjective

The jurors could “send a message” that bitter, defamatory blogging and tweeting was unacceptable.

The Weirdest Story About a Conservative Obsession, a Convicted Bomber, and Taylor Swift You Have Ever Read |David Weigel |August 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She calls shady allusions about her family “defamatory and degrading,” and “clearly anti-Semitic.”

We Watch the DSK Sex Romp So You Don’t Have To |Tracy McNicoll |May 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Singer and his legal representatives have denied all claims, calling them defamatory and “without merit.”

Will Naming And Shaming Prove to be a Winning Strategy For Bryan Singer's Accuser? |Eboni K. Williams |April 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit.

Inside Hollywood’s ‘Twink’ Pool Parties |Scott Bixby |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Why call his speech before the United Nations “defamatory and venomous… full of mendacious propaganda?”

Bibi's Offensive Biblical Allusions |Raphael Magarik |January 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Defamatory words falsely spoken of a party which prejudice such party in his or her profession or trade.

Commercial Law |Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill
No intent can, make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.

Thoughts on the Present Discontents |Edmund Burke
To prove that the defamatory publication complained of is true is an absolute and complete defense.

The Style Book of The Detroit News |The Detroit News
My fortune was definitely established by a defamatory note on 'Napoleon the little.'

Atlantida |Pierre Benoit
There is another point connected with this employment of defamatory epithets.

Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh |Lin-Le

defamatory

/ (dɪˈfæmətərɪ, -trɪ) /

injurious to someone's name or reputation

defamatorily, adverb