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libellous

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li·bel·ous also li·bel·lous  (lb-ls)
adj.
Involving or constituting a libel; defamatory.
libel·ous·ly adv.
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Adj.1.libellous - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libelous, slanderous
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
libellous
adjective defamatory, false, untrue, malicious, maligning, disparaging, vilifying, derogatory, scurrilous, injurious, vituperative, slanderous, traducing, denigratory, calumnious, aspersive, calumniatory He claimed the articles were libellous and damaging to the team.
Translations
libellous libelous (US) [ˈlaɪbələs] ADJ → difamatorio, calumnioso
libellous [ˈlaɪbələs] adj → diffamatoire
libellous, (US) libelous
adj → verleumderisch
libellous libelous (Am) [ˈlaɪbələs] adj → diffamatorio/a
libellous libelous (Am) [ˈlaɪbələs] adj → diffamatorio/a


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He grew libellous about phosphates; he dragged greasy "Orange Judd" books from his bunk and intoned them, wagging his finger at Harvey, to whom it was all Greek.
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But I am not bound to respect a libellous bust of him.
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Omer, after he had uttered this libellous pleasantry.
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