клеветни́ческий — meaning in English
klevetnicheskiy
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English meaning
- defamatory adj Harmful to someone's good name, especially when untrue.
- injurious adj Causing physical harm.
- libelous adj Defamatory or libelling: describing something that harms someone's reputation, especially through malice or carelessness.
- slanderous adjective False and damaging to someone's reputation.
Senses
клеветни́ческий is used for these senses in English:
- defamatory Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
- injurious Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
- slanderous (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
injurious — full definition
- adj Causing physical harm.
- adj Damaging to someone's reputation.
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