libelous

libelous
adj
1. defamatory, denigrating, vituperative, vilifying, vilipenditory; critical, denunciable, imprecatory, condemnatory, disapproving, disapprobatory, maledictory; scandalous, notorious, flagrant, outrageous; censurable, blameworthy, culpable, chargeable, accusable, impeachable, imputable; shameful, disgraceful, reproachable, dishonorable, discreditable, disfavorable, disreputable; debased, abased, vitiated, depraved, degenerate, corrupt; humbling, humiliating, mortifying; belittling, disparaging, deprecatory, derogatory, detracting, deflating, depreciating, devaluating; satirical, sarcastic, caustic, acrimonious, vitriolic, scathing.
2. slanderous, calumnious, calumniatory, traducent, false, untrue, maliciously false or untrue, misrepre-sentative, aspersive, imputative, insinuating, gossiping; abusive, thersitical, hurtful, scurrilous, Archaic. scurrile, injurious, contumelious, insulting, backbiting; defiling, sullying, soiling, staining, smearing, smirching, tainting, tarnishing, blemishing, smudging, stigmatizing.

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  • Libelous — Li bel*ous (l[imac] b[e^]l*[u^]s), a. Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet. [Written also {libellous}.] {Li bel*ous*ly}, adv. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • libelous — also libellous, 1610s, from LIBEL (Cf. libel) (n.) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Libelously; libelousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • libelous — [adj] derogatory aspersive, backbiting, calumniatory, calumnious, contumelious, debasing, defamatory, depreciative, detracting, detractory, disparaging, false, injurious, invidious, malevolent, malicious, maligning, opprobrious, pejorative,… …   New thesaurus

  • libelous — or libellous [lī′bələs] adj. 1. of the nature of, or involving, a libel 2. given to writing and publishing libels; defamatory libelously adv. libellously …   English World dictionary

  • libelous — adjective /ˈlaɪ.bəl.ʌs/ a) defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someones reputation especially with malice or disregard. The accusation was libelous, full of falsehoods, spite and malice. b) meeting the legal standards …   Wiktionary

  • libelous — or libellous adjective Date: 1619 constituting or including a libel ; defamatory < a libelous statement > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • libelous — li|bel|ous [ laıbələs ] adjective a piece of writing that is libelous contains things about someone that are not true …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • libelous — libel ► NOUN 1) Law the publication of a false statement that is damaging to a person s reputation. Compare with SLANDER(Cf. ↑slanderous). 2) a written defamation. ► VERB (libelled, libelling; US libeled, libeling …   English terms dictionary

  • libelous per se — /laybbs par siy/ A publication is libelous per se when the words are of such a character that an action may be brought upon them without the necessity of showing any special damage, the imputation being such that the law will presume that any one …   Black's law dictionary

  • libelous per se — /laybbs par siy/ A publication is libelous per se when the words are of such a character that an action may be brought upon them without the necessity of showing any special damage, the imputation being such that the law will presume that any one …   Black's law dictionary

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