libelous

Adjective Satellite

• (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Adj

• Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
• Meeting the legal standards for libel.

Adjective

• Containing or constituting a false and defamatory statement.

Examples

• The accusation was libelous, full of falsehoods, spite and malice.
• The court found the statement was not libelous because it was true.
• The opponent’s claim that ’ZAX’ was not a word was truly libelous to the dictionary.

Synonyms

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, slanderous

Anagrams of libelous