When freedom of the press was fresh, newspapers were even more scurrilous and libelous than today.
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Libelous
Synonyms for "libelous" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- клеветнически adj (defamatory, libeling)
Dutch
1 entries- lasterlijk adj (defamatory, libeling)
Finnish
3 entries- herjaava adj (meeting the legal standards for libel)
- kunniaa loukkaava adj (meeting the legal standards for libel)
- loukkaava adj (defamatory, libeling)
French
3 entries- calomnieux adj (defamatory, libeling)
- diffamatoire adj (defamatory, libeling)
- diffamatoire adj (meeting the legal standards for libel)
German
2 entries- verleumderisch adj (defamatory, libeling)
- verleumderisch adj (meeting the legal standards for libel)
Italian
1 entries- diffamatorio adj (defamatory, libeling)
Polish
1 entries- oszczerczy adj (defamatory, libeling)
Russian
2 entries- клеветни́ческий adj (defamatory, libeling)
- клеветни́ческий adj (meeting the legal standards for libel)
Spanish
2 entries- calumnioso adj (defamatory, libeling)
- difamatorio adj (defamatory, libeling)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The libelous column can still be read on the website of the previously mentioned newspaper.
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We do not seek to limit your expression of ideas, but material that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, violent, pornographic, threatening, harassing, discriminatory or that constitutes hate speech or is illegal is not allowed and may be deleted at the discretion of the site management.
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The accusation was libelous, full of falsehoods, spite and malice.
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