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scurrilous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abusive, opprobrious |
| Derivation | scurrility |
Examples of scurrilous
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There are Cheesy Poofs, a favorite on the scurrilous animated series South Park.
From the time.com
That's to protect judges from scurrilous attacks, Supreme Court officials said.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
What is going on here is a scurrilous attempt to place Limbaugh in their company.
From the theatlantic.com
Their subsequent songs contained some of the most scurrilous lyrics of the era.
From the independent.co.uk
He is loved as a national treasure, yet is still subjected to scurrilous rumours.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's as scurrilous an insult as the N word or other racial or religious epithets.
From the bostonherald.com
They were told it was a scurrilous and offensive biography written by a foreigner.
From the time.com
Despite some scurrilous efforts to spread rumors about him, Foley seems a shoo-in.
From the time.com
Both sides will denounce the media as scurrilous when they dislike what it reports.
From the economist.com
- Abusive: expressing offensive reproach
- In a scurrilously manner; "one paper scurrilously described how Edward was neglecting a bereaved mother to dance attendance on Wally"
- 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. ...
- Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed; coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Adj. In an excited state (said of mice and the like).
- (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.)
- (adj) - vulgar; coarse
