Explore Defamatory through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like denigrating or libellous. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Defamatory in a sentence
Defamatory meaning
Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
Synonyms of Defamatory
Using Defamatory
- The main meaning on this page is: Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
- Useful related words include: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrative, denigrating.
- In the example corpus, defamatory often appears in combinations such as: defamatory statements, and defamatory, defamatory and.
Context around Defamatory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defamatory
- In this selection, "defamatory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, allegedly, four, issuing, statements, comments and material stand out and add context to how "defamatory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anderson made defamatory allegations of and as allegedly defamatory which drew. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defamatory" sits close to words such as abundantly, activates and adr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defamatory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In addition, she said she didn’t publish any “defamatory statements” concerning Minaj. (13 words)
Additionally, he is requesting a court order for Mackintosh to remove the defamatory video and issue an apology. (18 words)
Carroll, 79, sought unspecified damages, plus a retraction of what she said were Trump's defamatory denials of her claims. (20 words)
For him to have come out and say that I issue gun license to criminals when in fact the gun license issued to the young man was not issued by me that is the defamatory in nature so that is with my attorney at this time. (46 words)
Trump, who already was ordered to pay Carroll $5 million for defamatory statements he made in the course of denying her sexual assault allegations, has continued to make claims that are similar to those previously found to be defamatory. (39 words)
Superior Court Associated Judge Neal A. Kravitz also barred the extremist group and its leaders from coming near the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church or making threats or defamatory remarks against the church or its pastor for five years. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Trump, who already was ordered to pay Carroll $5 million for defamatory statements he made in the course of denying her sexual assault allegations, has continued to make claims that are similar to those previously found to be defamatory.
And when the GJA chairman (one of Atintono’s witnesses) was asked in the witness box if the publication was defamatory, he said it was not a defamatory material.
During questioning by Stedman, Fetzer referred to the four defamatory statements from his book and blog as “allegedly” defamatory, which drew a rebuke from Remington and an instruction to the jury to disregard what Fetzer had said.
In addition to the above, the defendant may claim that the allegedly defamatory statement is not actually capable of being defamatory—an insulting statement that does not actually harm someone's reputation is prima facie not libelous.
According to the complaint, the statement was made before the media and broadcast through Twitter with the intention of damaging the reputation of the university, despite knowing that such utterances would be defamatory.
Additionally, he is requesting a court order for Mackintosh to remove the defamatory video and issue an apology.
But as it turns out, Dominion Voting Systems isn’t alone in accusing the television personality of having made “defamatory” statements in the wake of the 2020 elections.
Carroll, 79, sought unspecified damages, plus a retraction of what she said were Trump's defamatory denials of her claims.
Dhawan recently got a restraining order from the court against Mukerji to stop her from making any defamatory comments against him.
For him to have come out and say that I issue gun license to criminals when in fact the gun license issued to the young man was not issued by me that is the defamatory in nature so that is with my attorney at this time.
In addition, she said she didn’t publish any “defamatory statements” concerning Minaj.
In all of these lawsuits, Dominion has accused the defendants of making false and defamatory statements about the company, harming its reputation and causing financial damage.
In a statement published on its website on Monday, Bindmans said: “On 1 February 2023, Mr Anderson made defamatory allegations of bribery against a local man, Michael Hollis, who runs a food bank charity.
In March last year, the Minister of information said the government will start tracking irresponsible users of social media networks found posting false and defamatory information.
In the complaint, she accuses the Met of discriminating against her because she is Russian; of issuing “defamatory” statements about her in the press; and of breaching contracts by not paying her for some lost work.
Meanwhile, he asked them to give an undertaking in writing to desist from broadcasting or further broadcasting the defamatory statements or similar statements concerning his client in future.
Nagar Mandal president Rajesh Pal said that despite repeated warning, Gurjar didn’t refrain from posting defamatory content about MLA Birla on social media ie WhatsApp and Facebook and other sites.
Such defamatory language is calculated by Israel’s enemies to consign the world’s only Jewish state to pariah status, thus isolating it from the international community.
Superior Court Associated Judge Neal A. Kravitz also barred the extremist group and its leaders from coming near the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church or making threats or defamatory remarks against the church or its pastor for five years.
Telangana Jagruthi member Naveen Goud had lodged a complaint against Mallanna, with LB Nagar police for making defamatory comments against Kavitha and Rama Rao, demanding immediate action be taken against Mallanna and his channel should be banned.
Common combinations with defamatory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: