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libelous

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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.libelous - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, slanderous
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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The article, being libelous, had to be returned as impossible; and I had to renounce my dream of dragging its author into the limelight.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
But while the libelous title of "A ROGUE'S LIFE" stares me in the face at the top of the page, how can I, as a rich and reputable man, be expected to communicate any further autobiographical particulars, in this place, to a discerning public of readers?
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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