Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Antonyms for scurrility
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skuh-ril-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : skəˈrɪl ɪ ti |
Definition of scurrility
Origin :- c.1500, from Latin scurrilitas "buffoonery," from scurrilis (see scurrilous).
- noun obscenity
- noun vituperation
- It reeked with scurrility and disloyalty from beginning to end.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
- There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.
- Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
- His tongue might avenge him; scurrility is his strong point.
- Extract from : « The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 » by Lucian of Samosata
- Compare his geniality with the scurrility of the smart writers.
- Extract from : « Theodore Watts-Dunton » by James Douglas
- Most of the newspapers contain nothing but scurrility and abuse.
- Extract from : « My Memoirs » by Marguerite Steinheil
- He need not fear that any member of that party will be provoked into a conflict of scurrility.
- Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- He recommended himself to the favour of the prince by his scurrility and vulgar humour.
- Extract from : « A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence » by Cornelius Tacitus
- Thus his reputation as a Scots master of scurrility and a vicious scandalmonger was earned on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous
- Inasmuch as the Blaine-Cleveland campaign was essentially a campaign of scurrility, this touch was loudly applauded.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Meanwhile the violence and scurrility of the press here exceeds all belief.
- Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II) » by Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
Synonyms for scurrility
- abomination
- abuse
- affront
- atrocity
- bad-mouthing
- bawdiness
- berating
- billingsgate
- blame
- blight
- blueness
- castigation
- censure
- coarseness
- contumely
- criticism
- curse
- defamation
- dirtiness
- dirty name
- dirty word
- evil
- filthiness
- foulness
- four-letter word
- grossness
- immodesty
- impropriety
- impurity
- indecency
- indelicacy
- insults
- invective
- lewdness
- libel
- licentiousness
- lubricity
- obloquy
- offense
- outrage
- porn
- pornography
- profaneness
- profanity
- prurience
- railing
- reprimand
- reproach
- revilement
- reviling
- salacity
- scatology
- scolding
- scurrilousness
- slander
- sleaze
- smut
- smuttiness
- suggestiveness
- swearword
- tirade
- upbraiding
- verbal abuse
- vileness
- vulgarity
- vulgarness
- wrong
- X-rating
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019