defamatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
    denigrating; libelous; denigrative; denigratory; calumnious; slanderous; libellous; calumniatory.

WordNet


De*fam"a*to*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.

Webster 1913