Grade 13

libel (li-bel)

Definition


noun.
any false and malicious written or printed statement or sign or picture or effigy tending to expose a person to public ridicule or hatred

Example Sentence

The actress accused the newspaper of libel.

Synonyms

defamation; slander; smearing

Antonyms

praise; respect

Rhymes

  • bible
  • deibel
  • dible
  • geibel
  • heibel
  • leibel
  • libel
  • reibel
  • ruybal
  • scheibel
  • scheible
  • seibel
  • sible
  • tribal
  • waibel
  • weibel
  • wible
  • wyble
  • zeibel
  • zweibel

  • intertribal