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libellous
 

Definitions from WordNet

Adjective libellous has 1 sense
  1. calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
    Antonym: harmless (indirect, via harmful)

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Libellous

Part of speech: adjective

Sense: containing or involving false statements or damaging information about someone, especially in written form

Examples:

  1. He filed a lawsuit against the magazine for publishing libellous articles about him.
  2. The author was sued for writing a libellous biography about a famous politician.

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