His descriptions of Sen. Marco Rubio range from laughable to slanderous.
Today, Dan Quayle defended his son against “ugly” and “slanderous” charges of writing for a scandalous website.
They had gone to the king, and filled his ear with slanderous reports.
This, I may mention, is a slanderous libel on me, but it sounds all right as Dolly says it.
I am tired, too,—tired of all these rumors and slanderous insinuations.
One cannot impute to them any vice, unless they are a little too slanderous.
No slanderous tongues, but my own ears, are evidence against you.
You parted us—as I now believe by a cowardly and slanderous falsehood.
They do not trust to writings and arguments, but attack me with slanderous tricks.
Nothing in the world can secure you from censorious, slanderous tongues.
late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c.1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration ("with interloping l" [Century Dictionary]) of escandle, escandre "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). From late 14c. as "bad situation, evil action; a person causing such a state of affairs."
c.1300, from Anglo-French esclaundrer, Old French esclandrer, from esclandre (see slander (n.)). Related: Slandered; slandering; slanderer.
