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词汇 libellous
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Definition of libellous in English:

libellous

(US libelous)
adjective ˈlʌɪb(ə)ləsˈlaɪbələs
  • Containing or constituting a libel.

    诽谤的

    a libellous newspaper story

    报纸上的一则诽谤性报导。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, fabricating malicious falsehoods and then actively circulating them not only belies any profession of Christianity but is defamatory and libelous.
    • They use the example of stock message boards where people reveal all sorts of defaming and libelous content to try to move a stock.
    • Who can get the other to tell the more libelous story?
    • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
    • Therefore, in considering the extent of constitutional protection for arguably libellous speech, we ordinarily are dealing with statements that are false.
    • A libelous campaign pamphlet is harder to punish if it is anonymous.
    • You must have known the ‘facts’ upon which you based your libellous story were false.
    • Something defamatory is libellous only if it's untrue.
    • When does a joke stop being funny and start being libellous?
    • It was conceded by the defendant that the impugned language used in the letter was libellous.
    • In the name of press freedom and nationalism we deliberately wrote seditious and criminally libellous articles against colonial governments.
    • These damages are measured by how much the libelous statements lower the plaintiff's reputation.
    • It must also be pointed out that there is a difference between the publishing of material that is found to be libelous and stories that may be false, but injure no individual's reputation.
    • The defendants denied the article was libellous and said even if it was, they were covered by a number of defences.
    • Repeating someone else's libellous statement is just as bad as making the statement directly.
    • If a letter is potentially libelous, slanderous or appears to have been written with malice or harmful intent, it will be edited or rejected.
    • The claimant cannot select apparently libellous statements if the passage taken as a whole is not defamatory.
    • We will remove any content that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially libellous or defamatory postings.
    • There have been a number of cases where the courts have refused to enforce copyright as the works in question were considered libellous, immoral, obscene, scandalous or irreligious.
    • Anonymous e-mailers shouldn't get away with false and libelous statements.
    Synonyms
    defamatory, denigratory, vilifying, disparaging, derogatory, aspersive, calumnious, calumniatory, slanderous, false, untrue, misrepresentative, traducing, maligning, insulting, scurrilous, slurring, smearing
    informal mud-slinging, muckraking

Derivatives

  • libellously

  • adverb
    • I asked my father if I could put the previous post up, as he and my mother are slandered libellously.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Various characters, good and bad, from high life and low (many of whom were libellously identified with characters of the day), covet and become corrupted by the golden coin.

Definition of libelous in US English:

libelous

(British libellous)
adjectiveˈlaɪbələsˈlībələs
  • Containing or constituting a libel.

    诽谤的

    a libelous newspaper story

    报纸上的一则诽谤性报导。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If a letter is potentially libelous, slanderous or appears to have been written with malice or harmful intent, it will be edited or rejected.
    • Therefore, in considering the extent of constitutional protection for arguably libellous speech, we ordinarily are dealing with statements that are false.
    • Something defamatory is libellous only if it's untrue.
    • The claimant cannot select apparently libellous statements if the passage taken as a whole is not defamatory.
    • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
    • It was conceded by the defendant that the impugned language used in the letter was libellous.
    • The defendants denied the article was libellous and said even if it was, they were covered by a number of defences.
    • When does a joke stop being funny and start being libellous?
    • They use the example of stock message boards where people reveal all sorts of defaming and libelous content to try to move a stock.
    • You must have known the ‘facts’ upon which you based your libellous story were false.
    • These damages are measured by how much the libelous statements lower the plaintiff's reputation.
    • We will remove any content that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially libellous or defamatory postings.
    • Anonymous e-mailers shouldn't get away with false and libelous statements.
    • Who can get the other to tell the more libelous story?
    • In the name of press freedom and nationalism we deliberately wrote seditious and criminally libellous articles against colonial governments.
    • A libelous campaign pamphlet is harder to punish if it is anonymous.
    • However, fabricating malicious falsehoods and then actively circulating them not only belies any profession of Christianity but is defamatory and libelous.
    • It must also be pointed out that there is a difference between the publishing of material that is found to be libelous and stories that may be false, but injure no individual's reputation.
    • There have been a number of cases where the courts have refused to enforce copyright as the works in question were considered libellous, immoral, obscene, scandalous or irreligious.
    • Repeating someone else's libellous statement is just as bad as making the statement directly.
    Synonyms
    defamatory, denigratory, vilifying, disparaging, derogatory, aspersive, calumnious, calumniatory, slanderous, false, untrue, misrepresentative, traducing, maligning, insulting, scurrilous, slurring, smearing
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