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libelous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Libelous \Li"bel*ous\ (l[imac]"b[e^]l*[u^]s), a. Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as a libelous pamphlet. [Written also {libellous}.] -- {Li"bel*ous*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: libelous adj : (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {calumnious}, {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory}, {libellous}, {slanderous}]
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