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Word | Libel |
make slanderous statements against; The paper was accused of libeling him / print slanderous statements against / A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. / defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character / a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation. / the act of publishing a false statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone / to write and publish a false statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of (someone), | |
Usage | ⇒ He has filed a libel suit against the newspaper ⇒ If Batman wrote that the Joker was a dirty, rotten, mass-murdering criminal, could the Joker sue Batman for libel? ⇒ He sued the newspaper for libel. ⇒ The extent of publication is also very relevant: a libel published to millions has a greater potential to cause damage than a libel published to a handful of people. ⇒ that remark was a libel on me |
Synonyms | slander, smear, defame, slur, vilify, defamation, traduce, aspersion, calumny, malign, calumniate, vilification, denigration, insult, asperse, denigrate, disparage, blacken, discredit, abuse, |
Antonyms | compliment, praise, accolade, applause, commendation, esteem, eulogize, eulogy, honor, respect, reverence, worship, acceptance, acclaim, acclamation, acknowledgment, admiration, adoration, adore, adulation, |
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