libelous :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, slanderous

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

abusive, opprobrious, insulting, scornful, scurrilous

adj. expressing offensive reproach

foul, vile, noisome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening

adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

belittling, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, slighting

adj. expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

repulsive, obscene, detestable, abhorrent, repugnant

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

abusive

adj. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

bad

adj. capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

injurious, bruising, deleterious, hurtful, noxious

adj. harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic

adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

ruinous, catastrophic

adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

counterproductive

adj. tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious, detrimental to

adj. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"

subtle, insidious, pernicious

adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

mischievous

adj. deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

nocent

adj. having a tendency to cause harm

wounding, stabbing, traumatic

adj. causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

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