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adjective
- 1. containing or constituting a libel: "a libellous newspaper story"
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LIBELLOUS definition: 1. A piece of writing that is libellous contains bad and false statements about a person: 2…. Learn more.
adjective. If a statement in a book, newspaper, or magazine is libellous, it wrongly accuses someone of something, and is therefore against the law. He claimed the articles were libellous and damaging to the interests of the team. Synonyms: defamatory, false, untrue, malicious More Synonyms of libellous.
: constituting or including a libel : defamatory. a libelous statement. Synonyms. calumnious. defamatory. scandalous. slanderous. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of libelous in a Sentence. libelous statements about a celebrity for which the tabloid was sued.
Definitions of libellous. adjective. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libelous, slanderous. harmful.
Define libellous. libellous synonyms, libellous pronunciation, libellous translation, English dictionary definition of libellous. also li·bel·lous adj. Involving or constituting a libel; defamatory. li′bel·ous·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
Libelous definition: containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.. See examples of LIBELOUS used in a sentence.
Definition of libellous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
