Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Involving or constituting a libel; defamatory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing a libel; of the nature of a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule: as, a libelous picture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US
defamatory ,libeling , referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially withmalice or disregard. - adjective US meeting the legal standards for
libel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
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Examples
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It's emblematic that the extreme leftoblob Michael Moore has even hijacked the title libelous Westphobia "Fahrenheit 9/11".
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2010
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God; many virtues, according to the common use of that term; many beautiful and graceful charities; and, by such kind of evidences, or proofs, they repel, sometimes with scorn, what they call the libelous, or even the insulting doctrine of total depravity.
Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876
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The district's law firm in 2007 threatened to sue Tetley for what it termed libelous statements posted on www. gisdwatch.com.
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The district's law firm in 2007 threatened to sue Tetley for what it termed libelous statements posted on www. gisdwatch.com.
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The district's law firm in 2007 threatened to sue Tetley for what it termed libelous statements posted on www. gisdwatch.com.
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The district's law firm in 2007 threatened to sue Tetley for what it termed libelous statements posted on www. gisdwatch.com.
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The district's law firm in 2007 threatened to sue Tetley for what it termed libelous statements posted on www. gisdwatch.com.
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Here’s my thinking: There’s some controversy over whether a court may enjoin libelous statements after a finding on the merits that the statements are indeed libelous.
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Here’s my thinking: There’s some controversy over whether a court may enjoin libelous statements after a finding on the merits that the statements are indeed libelous.
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The link between Santelli and the so-called astroturfing groups "is potentially libelous, which is, I assume, why the article disappeared this morning," wrote McArdle.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Playboy Has Taken Down Its Santelli Story 2009
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