slanderous vs denigrative

slanderous and denigrative both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slanderous	No	Yes	No	No
denigrative	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, slanderous and denigrative are synonyms defined as:

slanderous and denigrative: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Other synonyms of slanderous include calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous.

slanderous (adjective)	denigrative (adjective)
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign	(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign