libellous

[US]/ˈlaɪbɵləs/
[UK]/'laɪbələs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. naglalaman ng maling impormasyon na nakakasira at nakakapahamak sa reputasyon ng isang tao.

Example Sentences

a libellous newspaper story.

Isang mapanirang ulat sa pahayagan.

And as Floyd Abrams, an American lawyer and free-speech defender, notes, a book publisher, for example, will still be nervous about an author who has written a “libellous book”.

At tulad ng sinabi ni Floyd Abrams, isang Amerikanong abogado at tagapagtanggol ng malayang pananalita, ang isang publisher ng libro ay maaari pa ring kabahan sa isang may-akda na sumulat ng isang “mapanirang libro”.

Real-world Examples

'Oh, that! ' he said; and told her about Benny Skoll, and the Watchman, and Williams rebuking virtue. And so they were gay after all over their Sunday supper, with Marta supplying libellous stories of the Watchman's theatre critic.

'Naku, iyon!,' sabi niya; at ikinwento niya sa kanya tungkol kay Benny Skoll, at sa Tagapagbantay, at kay Williams na pinagsasabihan ang kabutihan. At kaya't masaya pa rin sila sa kanilang hapag-hapag ng Linggo, kasama si Marta na nagbibigay ng mga mapanirang-diwang kuwento tungkol sa kritiko ng teatro ng Tagapagbantay.

Source: A handsome face.

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