libelous
About 0.14 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
The accusation was libelous, full of falsehoods, spite and malice.
- adjective Meeting the legal standards for libel.
The court found the statement was not libelous because it was true.
Similar words
libellous defamatory slanderous calumniatory calumnious denigratory denigrative harmful denigrating injurious
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Word family
libellous
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