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Definition of defamatory adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

defamatory

adjective

/dɪˈfæmətri/

/dɪˈfæmətɔːri/

(formal)

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(of speech or writing) intended to harm somebody by saying or writing bad or false things about them
- The article was highly defamatory.
Topics Crime and punishmentc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Defamatory is used with these nouns:
allegation
remark
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