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scurrility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | billingsgate |
| Type of | abuse, contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
| Derivation | scurrilous |
Examples of scurrility
scurrility
A highpoint of the satire is the central verbal contest that again, just like in S. 1.4, distinguishes scurrility from satire.
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Those who had suffered under his editorial lashings looked on him as an unmitigated scoundrel who took fiendish delight in character assassination, vituperation, and scurrility.
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- Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
- (scurrilous) abusive: expressing offensive reproach
- A vulgarism (from Latin vulgus, the "mean folk"), also called scurrility, is a colloquialism of a low or unrefined character, which substitutes a coarse, indecorous word where the context might lead the reader to expect a more refined expression. ...
- Something that is scurrilous
- (scurrilous) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed; coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- (scurrilous) (adj.) vulgar, coarse (When Bruno heard the scurrilous accusation being made about him, he could not believe it because he always tried to be nice to everyone.)
- (Scurrilous) adj. In an excited state (said of mice and the like).
