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Libel

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Libel"

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Word	Definition
defamationnoun	The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
slandernoun	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
calumnynoun	(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
vilificationnoun	slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
defamenoun	(now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel.
slurnoun	An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
contemptnoun	(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
insultnoun	(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
denigrationnoun	An unfair criticism.
throwingnoun	The act by which something is thrown.
ejaculationnoun	(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.
smearnoun	A mark made by smearing.
wordingnoun	A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.
bombingnoun	The action of dropping bombs from the air.
disparagementnoun	The act of disparaging, of belittling.
aspersionnoun	An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
detractionnoun	A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
obloquynoun	Abusive language.
traducementnoun	The act of traducing; calumny, slander.
character assassinationnoun	(idiomatic) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.