Libelous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Involving or constituting a libel; defamatory.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
  • adj. meeting the legal standards for libel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing a libel; of the nature of a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule: as, a libelous picture.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
    • Equivalent
    harmful   
    Variant
    libellous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    defamatory    defamator   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    on-topic    defamatory    unprovable    resectable    cancer-causing    extra-legal    slanderous    nephrotoxic    debased    unsparingly   
     
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