Antonyms for scurrilous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : skur-uh-luhs, skuhr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɜr ə ləs, ˈskʌr-

Definition of scurrilous

Origin : "using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant" [Johnson], 1570s, from scurrile "coarsely joking" (c.1500, implied in scurrility), from Latin scurrilis "buffoonlike," from scurra "fashionable city idler, man-about-town," later "buffoon." According to Klein, "an Etruscan loan-word." Related: Scurrilously; scurrilousness.

adj foul-mouthed, vulgar

Example sentences :

Well, of course you know, and I know, that they're scurrilous lies; but just how will you stop them?
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

I stood aghast at this scurrilous address, the like of which I had never yet heard.
Extract from : « Athelstane Ford » by Allen Upward

Your uncle, who heard about it at the club, says it is scurrilous.
Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham

His paper was not wholly the sort of scurrilous organ it has been shown to be.
Extract from : « Pickwickian Studies » by Percy Fitzgerald

In Grundtvig, the taunting degenerates into a scurrilous tirade.
Extract from : « The Translations of Beowulf » by Chauncey Brewster Tinker

This fellow writes in the most scurrilous newspapers; you have told me so yourself.
Extract from : « A Doll's House » by Henrik Ibsen

His portrait had appeared in almost every scurrilous rag in the country.
Extract from : « The Day of Judgment » by Joseph Hocking

They were indignant at the scurrilous attacks which were made upon them by Englishmen.
Extract from : « Fletcher of Saltoun » by G. W. T. Omond

For this writer's scurrilous attack on Paine no excuse can be offered.
Extract from : « Thomas Paine, The Apostle of Liberty » by John E. Remsburg

And a score of witticisms, some sharp, some scurrilous, were hurled at him.
Extract from : « A King of Tyre » by James M. Ludlow

Synonyms for scurrilous

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