libelous
adjective
mainlyUS(UKusuallylibellous)us/ˈlaɪ.bəl.əs/uk/ˈlaɪ.bəl.əs/Apieceof writing that is libelouscontainsbadandfalsestatementsabout aperson:
libelousaccusations
Thecourtruledthat thearticlewasfalseand libelous.
See
libel
- CEOswhofindoffensiveremarksin achatroomoftenapproachthehostto get them toenforcerulesthey might have aboutremovinglibelousstatements.
- Before theysendout somethingpotentiallylibelous, they need to bedarnedsurethat they've gottheirfactsstraight.
- Afederaljuryin Roanokedecidedthecontentwas not libelous because no one would have taken itseriously.
- Californialawsprotectstudents'righttopublisharticlesaslongas they are not libelous,obscene, orlikelytoleadto lawbreaking ordisorder.
Damaging reputation
- anti-defamation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- demonize
- dog
- dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
- give a dog a bad nameidiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
- self-immolation
- show someone in a bad lightidiom
- slander
- slanderer
- slanderous
- slur
- smear
- stab
- stain