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libelous

adjective

variants: or libellous

Synonyms and Antonyms of libelous

causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name

libelous statements about a celebrity for which the tabloid was sued

Synonyms of libelous

calumnious, defamatory, scandalous, slanderous

Words Related to libelous

erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, wrong

denigrative, denigratory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering

invidious, objectionable

maligning, traducing, vilifying

hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful

Near Antonyms of libelous

appreciative, complimentary, favorable

adulatory, commendatory, eulogistic, hagiographic (also hagiographical), laudatory

accurate, correct, errorless, factual, right, sound, true, valid

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