Meaning of LIBELOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'lIbulus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
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| | Synonyms: | | calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, harmful, libellous, slanderous |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abusive, backbiting, back-biting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, debasing, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory, disparaging, invidious, malevolent, maligning, minimizing, pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, vilifying, vituperative |
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