Synonyms for scurrilous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skur-uh-luhs, skuhr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɜr ə ləs, ˈskʌr- |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for scurrilous
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