libelous
adjective
containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
Example Sentences
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"Has Tyson got make-believe stiches in his eye? What they're saying is libellous and scandalous."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024
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
In the latest, the DUP say its South Down candidate Diane Forsythe had been the victim of "a libellous and malicious campaign".
From BBC ● May 4, 2022
Most of his allegations are libellous and, without concrete proof, cannot be printed.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2020
At the Restoration he signed the declaration required by the Act of Uniformity, and on this account he was the subject of a libellous attack, published in 1665, entitled Covenant-Renouncers Desperate Apostates.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
