libellous

li·bel·ous also li·bel·lous (l

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adj.

Involving or constituting a libel; defamatory.

libel·ous·ly adv.

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Adj.

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

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abusive
Calumniatory
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defamatory
denigrating
denigrative
denigratory
disparaging
injurious
libel
libelous
scandal
scandalous
shyster
slanderous

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.

Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

But I am not bound to respect a libellous bust of him.

The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context

Omer, after he had uttered this libellous pleasantry.

David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context

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