libeled
Meaning of libeled
verb, past tense
- defame (someone) by publishing a libel.
the jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper
- (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against.
if a ship does you any injury you libel the ship
Middle English (in the general sense ‘a document, a written statement’): via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber ‘book’.
Information about libeled
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Hyphenation of libeled
li-beled
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- libeled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
libeled synonyms
Meaning damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel:
Meaning speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner:
Meaning make false and damaging statements about (someone):
Meaning speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation:
Meaning damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander:
Meaning damage (someone's reputation):
Meaning lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture:
Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):
Meaning mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed:
Meaning speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
Meaning make false and defamatory statements about:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning detract from:
Meaning describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval:
Meaning harm the good reputation of:
Meaning insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention:
Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:
Meaning attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of:
Anagrams of libeled
Words that rhyme with libeled
barbeled, belibeled, corbeled, interlibeled, labeled, mislabeled, radiolabeled, relabeled, umbeled, unlabeled, unlibeled, canceled, chanceled, ensorceled, parceled, pediceled, precanceled, recanceled, spanceled, uncanceled, unparceled, deled, modeled, premodeled, remodeled, unmodeled, wedeled, yodeled, backheeled, cartwheeled, creeled, enwheeled, fourwheeled, freewheeled, heeled, jeeled, keeled, kneeled, peeled, pinwheeled, reeled, reheeled, roundheeled, seeled, sheeled, speeled, steeled, streeled, sweeled, tweeled
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