1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
   - calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous [Brit, Cdn], libelous [US], slanderous

See also: harmful

• animal nature
• animal oil
• animal order
• animal pigment
• animal product
• animal psychology
• animal rights
• animal scientist
• animal skin
• animal starch
• animal stuffer
• animal tissue
• animal toxin
• animal trainer
• animal virus
• animal-worship
• animalcule
• animalculum
• Animalia
• animalisation
• animalise
• animalism
• animalistic
• animality
• animalization