meaning of defamatory
1. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
2. used of statements harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
1. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
2. used of statements harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign