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Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.

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  1. a. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
  2. a. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
  3. adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
  4. 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.
  5. j:100 s (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign