slanderous

形容词 adj.
/ˈslændəɹəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
    — “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.”

词形变化

more slanderous comparative most slanderous superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English slander
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English slanderous
From slander + -ous.
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