It was a scurrilous attack.
Source: tatoeba (1349672)
Scurrilous
/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/
Synonyms for "scurrilous" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesabusive languagedefamation
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesscurrilous allegationsscurrilous attacksscurrilous claimsscurrilous journalismscurrilous languagescurrilous rumors
Inflections
2 entriesmore scurrilousmost scurrilous
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 2 languages.
German
4 entries- bösartig adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
- gemein adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
- niederträchtig adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
- widerlich adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
Russian
1 entries- ме́рзкий adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
When freedom of the press was fresh, newspapers were even more scurrilous and libelous than today.
Source: tatoeba (2047528)
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”.
Source: wiktionary
We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
Source: wiktionary
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