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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"
Translations
Spanish libellous [ˈləɪbləs] adj → difamatorio, calumnioso
French libellous [ˈlaɪbləs] adj → diffamatoire
German libellous (US) libelous [ˈlaɪbləs] libel adj → verleumderisch
Italian libellous (US), libelous [ˈlaɪbləs] adj → diffamatorio/a
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