different between disparaging vs slanderous
disparaging
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?pæ??d???(?)/
Adjective
disparaging (comparative more disparaging, superlative most disparaging)
- Insulting, ridiculing.
- The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.
Synonyms
- degrading
Translations
Verb
disparaging
- present participle of disparage
Noun
disparaging (plural disparagings)
- disparagement
- 1896, Thomas Hardy, Wessex Heights
- I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways […] Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings.
- 1896, Thomas Hardy, Wessex Heights
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slanderous
English
Etymology
slander +? -ous
Adjective
slanderous (comparative more slanderous, superlative most slanderous)
- (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
Synonyms
- defamatory
- libelous
- See also Thesaurus:defamatory
Related terms
- slander
Translations
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