It was a scurrilous attack.
Source: tatoeba (1349672)
Scurrilous
//ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs//
Synonyms for "scurrilous" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вулгарен adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- мръсен adj (foul-mouthed)
- неприличен adj (foul-mouthed)
- циничен adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
Danish
4 entries- grov adj (foul-mouthed)
- grov adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- krænkende adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- sjofel adj (foul-mouthed)
Dutch
3 entries- grof adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- grofgebekt adj (foul-mouthed)
- vulgair adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
Finnish
3 entries- ruokoton adj (foul-mouthed)
- ruokoton adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- rääväsuinen adj (foul-mouthed)
German
4 entries- bösartig adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
- ehrenrührig adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- ehrenrührig adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- flegelhaft adj (foul-mouthed)
Latin
1 entries- scurrīlis adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
Māori
2 entries- ngutu momoho adj (foul-mouthed)
- ngutu momoho adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- grov adj (foul-mouthed)
- nederdrektig adj (foul-mouthed)
- plump adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- sladderaktig adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
Portuguese
2 entries- obsceno adj (foul-mouthed)
- obsceno adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
Romanian
4 entries- abuziv adj (foul-mouthed)
- injurios adj (foul-mouthed)
- obscen adj (foul-mouthed)
- ordinar adj (foul-mouthed)
Russian
4 entries- гру́бый adj (foul-mouthed)
- гру́бый adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
- ме́рзкий adj (gross, vulgar and evil)
- непристо́йный adj (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous)
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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