slanderous Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Slan"der*ous adjective
Definitions
  1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." Shak.
  2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913