LIBELOUS

Meaning of LIBELOUS in English

adj.

Variant: or li · bel · lous

Pronunciation: ' l ī -b( ə -)l ə s

Function: adjective

Date: 1619

: constituting or including a libel : DEFAMATORY <a libelous statement>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LIBELOUS — or libellous adjective Date: 1619 constituting or including a libel ; defamatory
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIBELOUS — adjective or li·bel·lous ˈlībələs Etymology: libel (I) + -ous : constituting or including a libel : defamatory a libelous statement …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIBELOUS — (a.) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
LIBELOUS — ( a. ) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIBELOUS — — libelously; esp. Brit., libellously , adv. /luy"beuh leuhs/ , adj. containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory. Also, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIBELOUS — adj. containing a libel, slanderous, defamatory
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIBELOUS — or li·bel·lous ˈlī-b(ə-)ləs Date: 1619 : constituting or including a libel : defamatory a libelous statement
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIBELOUS — adj containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, …
Webster English vocab
LIBELOUS — [li.bel.ous] or li.bel.lous adj (1619): constituting or including a libel: defamatory "a ~ statement"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIBELOUS — ➡ libellous
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIBELOUS — li ‧ bel ‧ lous BrE AmE British English , libelous American English /ˈlaɪb ə ləs/ adjective containing untrue written …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIBELOUS — Synonyms and related words : abusive, back-biting, backbiting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, debasing, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciative, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIBELOUS — adj. Function: adjective injurious to reputation FF1C; the campaign degenerated into an exchange of libelous statements FF1E; Synonyms: backbiting, calumnious, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LIBELOUS — adjective injurious to reputation the campaign degenerated into an exchange of libelous statements Synonyms: backbiting, calumnious, defamatory, detracting, detractive, detractory, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIBELOUS — Libelous
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIBELOUS — клеветнический
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIBELOUS — пасквильный
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
LIBELOUS — Libelous
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIBELOUS — клеветнический
Англо-Русский словарь
TALE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English talu; akin to Old Norse tala talk Date: before 12th century discourse , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCANDALOUS — adjective Date: 1575 libelous , defamatory , offensive to propriety or morality ; shocking , ~ly adverb ~ness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIBELLOUS — adjective see: libelous
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIBELOUSLY — adverb see libelous
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIBELLOUSLY — adverb see libelous
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIBELLOUS — adjective see libelous
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIBEL — I. ˈlībəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INNUENDO — I. ˌinyəˈwen(ˌ)dō adverb Etymology: Latin, by hinting, abl. of innuendum, gerund of innuere to hint, intimate, from in- in- (II) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISCLAIM — I. də̇ˈsklām noun Etymology: Middle English disclaime, from Anglo-French, from disclaimer, desclamer archaic : disclamation II. verb Etymology: Anglo-French disclaimer, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCANDALOUS — ˈskand ə ləs, -aan- adjective Etymology: Middle French scandaleux, from Medieval Latin scandalosus, from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEFAMATION — in law, attacking another's reputation by a false publication (communication to a third party) tending to bring the person into …
Britannica English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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