The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LIBEL which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Give a bad name crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIBEL | 75 % | 5 |
| SLANDER | 25 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Give a bad name
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- discredit
- disrepute
- blame
- blow upon
- monsterize
- disgrace
- disglorify
- outroduce
- besmirch
- disfigure
- dishonour
- denigrate
Crossword Answer definitions
LIBEL noun- A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
- Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
- To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LIBEL
- Defame in print
- Defame in writing
- Type of suit
- Material for a then-record £8,000 Liberace suit in 1959
- Absence of Malice topic
- Smear in ink
- Smear in print
- Defamation
- Calumny's kin
- What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for