libelous
adjective
containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
Example Sentences
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The publisher described critical comments towards the author as "baseless and libellous".
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
Associated Newspapers had denied the article was libellous, and a preliminary hearing was held last month to determine what a reader would conclude was the "natural and ordinary" meaning of the Mail story.
From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 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
But they are as outrageously absurd as they are gross and libellous when they go on to assail both poem and author on the score of immorality.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
