defamed (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">defamed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for libelled that I've seen before include "Published false and damaging material about someone" , "Denigrated" , "Defamed in print" , "Defamed in writing" , "Published false statements about a person" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">defamed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(maligning is a kind of defaming)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for maligned that I've seen before include "Unjustly slandered" , "Spoken ill of" , "Vilified" , "Defamed" , "Abused" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">defamed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('smear' can be a synonym of 'defame')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for smeared that I've seen before include "Wiped across" , "Daubed" , "Bedaubed" .)