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Synonyms for libel
ˈlaɪ bəlli·bel
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
libel
To slander a person is to utter a false and injurious report concerning him; to defame is specifically and directly to attack one's reputation; to defame by spoken words is to slander, by written words, to libel. To asperse is, as it were, to bespatter with injurious charges; to malign is to circulate studied and malicious attacks upon character; to traduce is to exhibit one's real or assumed traits in an odious light; to revile or vilify is to attack with vile abuse. To disparage is to represent one's admitted good traits or acts as less praiseworthy than they would naturally be thought to be, as for instance, by ascribing a man's benevolence to a desire for popularity or display. To libel or slander is to make an assault upon character and repute that comes within the scope of law; the slander is uttered, the libel written, printed, or pictured. To backbite is to speak something secretly to one's injury; to calumniate is to invent as well as utter the injurious charge. One may "abuse," "assail," or vilify another to his face; he asperses, calumniates, slanders, or traduces him behind his back.
Synonyms:
asperse, backbite, calumniate, decry, defame, depreciate, disparage, malign, revile, slander, traduce, vilify
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
libel
Synonyms:
defamation, detraction, traducement, calumny, slander, defamatory publication, lampoonAntonyms:
retraction, vindication, apology, eulogy, panegyric, puff, advocacy, encomium
Princeton's WordNet
libelnoun
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
libelverb
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
libelverb
print slanderous statements against
"The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
libelnoun
Synonyms:
lampoon, pasquinade, defamatory publicationlibelnoun
Synonyms:
(Law.) charge, statement of complaintlibelverb
libelverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) proceed against by a libel, bring a charge against
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
libelnoun
Synonyms:
defamation, lampoon, roorbacklibelverb
Synonyms:
defame (by some publication), lampoon
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "libel":
defamation, slander, calumny, vilification, slur, denigration
Suggested Resources
Libel
Libel vs. Slander -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Libel and Slander.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#27713 | defamation | |
#28564 | libel | |
#33274 | slander | |
#44008 | lampoon | |
#59341 | slur | |
#66548 | decry | |
#72172 | malign | |
#73765 | defame | |
#84156 | disparage | |
#88197 | depreciate | |
#94285 | vilification | |
#122178 | denigration | |
#125521 | calumny | |
#141077 | vilify | |
#148587 | revile | |
#243388 | detraction | |
#288415 | traduce |
How to use libel in a sentence?
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.
Much the same as the First Amendment does not allow anyone to slander or libel anyone, it also does not allow someone to ignore the federal criminal laws.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Translations for libel
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- pomluva, hanopis, pomluvitCzech
- bagvaske, bagtaleDanish
- Verleumdung, verleumdenGerman
- difamaciónSpanish
- häväistyskirjoitus, kunnia, kunnianloukkaus, loukataFinnish
- libelleFrench
- परिवादHindi
- rágalmazHungarian
- עֲלִילָהHebrew
- 名誉毀損Japanese
- наклевети, клеветиMacedonian
- defăimaRomanian
- клевета́, диффамация, исковое заявление, оклеветать, позорить, дискредитировать, пасквиль, клеветать, опозорить, клевета́ть, диффама́ция, жалобаRussian
- ärekränka, förtala, förtal, smutskasta, smädeskrift, ärekränkningSwedish
- hakaret etmek, karalamak, iftira etmekTurkish
- sự phỉ bángVietnamese
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