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Libelous   /lˈaɪbələs/   Listen
Libelous

adjective
(Written also libellous)
1.
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.  Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, slanderous.





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"Libelous" Quotes from Famous Books



... fail to prove a will, you are in danger of libelous slander. To lose one is unfortunate ...
— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller
... the libelous remarks, I was compelled to defend myself, so I quietly interrupted her conversation by remarking lightly over her shoulder, 'Ah! I see, Laura, that you are still a member of the Arm and Hammer band, and I wish to mention in passing ...
— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey
... have him arrested?" continued Mr. Tutt. "It's libelous per se to call a lawyer ...
— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train
... printed the "New England Courant", the fourth newspaper to be established in the colonies. Benjamin soon began to write articles for this newspaper. Then when his brother was put in jail, because he had printed matter considered libelous, and forbidden to continue as the publisher, the newspaper appeared in ...
— The Age of Invention - A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest, Book, 37 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Holland Thompson


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