Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
- adjective Expressed in vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
- adjective Of a malicious or slanderous nature; defamatory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Using or given to the use of low and indecent language; scurril; indecently or grossly abusive or railing.
- Containing low indecency or abuse; foul; vile: as, scurrilous language.
- Opprobrious; abusive; offensive.
- Synonyms Ribald, blackguard, indecent, coarse, vulgar, gross.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant.
- adjective Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a person given to
vulgar verbal abuse ;foul-mouthed - adjective of language
coarse , vulgar,abusive , orslanderous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective expressing offensive reproach
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, you know, clearly, an attempt by the Obama campaign to put an end to what he calls scurrilous attacks here.
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But, before I could even get to it, he wanted to bring it up, and, clearly, an attempt by the Obama campaign to put an end to what he calls scurrilous attacks here.
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You know, he also wants to talk about it obviously politically because there's been a lot of these, what he calls scurrilous e-mails out there about him being a supposed Muslim.
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The claims were described as "scurrilous" by Lilian Foggo, his widow, and strongly denied by his colleagues on the original project.
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When the intemperate heats of the spirit break out in scurrilous and abusive language, then the troubled sea casts forth mire and dirt.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The Lieberman -- at the time, the Lieberman campaign suggested the site was attacked by supporters of the Lamont campaign, charges that Ned Lamont called scurrilous, and the campaign demanded an apology.
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-- The answer to that question I will borrow from the satire itself, as you choose to term your scurrilous lampoon.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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When a reporter from a local paper asked Jones how he felt about being called scurrilous, he responded with a phrase we can't repeat, save that it involved Gingrich, "and the horse he rode in on."
News 2011
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Jonathon Adler at VC, however, noted Dellinger's op-ed calling the scurrilous attack "shameful".
Simple Justice SHG 2010
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The Kerik associate, Anthony Modafferi, who served as trustee of his legal defence fund, had written what the judge described as scurrilous internet articles attacking the prosecutors.
sera commented on the word scurrilous
antonym: decent
August 13, 2007