libelous
adjective
containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
Example Sentences
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The Committee queried France about "allegations of online libellous messages and threats, including from the accounts of two police trade unions, against Ms. Assa Traoré, following her cooperation with the Committee," the report said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2023
I am aware of yet more personal, libellous, nasty and fictional crap being published about me again today.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2022
He is arguing that it was not libellous because it was true, and also that he was clearly expressing an opinion.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2022
Most of his allegations are libellous and, without concrete proof, cannot be printed.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2020
A libellous work called the “Secret History,” written by an enemy of herself and her husband,4 gives us many scandalous details of her career; but the very virulence of the book makes its tales incredible.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
