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Scurrilous

//ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
  2. 2
    Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.
  3. 3
    Slanderous.

    "She said Johnson was “a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand”, adding that it was “so desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition”."

  4. 4
    Gross, vulgar.
  5. 5
    Unscrupulous, evil.

    "We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing offensive reproach wordnet

Etymology

From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”) + -ous, from scurra (“a buffoon”).

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