scurrilous
Collocations
4ADJ.
against, libelous, used
VERB + SCURRILOUS
address, imagine, making
SCURRILOUS + NOUN
accusation, crooks
PREP.
in, than
Definitions
adj
Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.
Slanderous.
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”.
Gross, vulgar.
Unscrupulous, evil.
We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
"Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to convince Canadians that the majority have benefited from this."
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — expressing offensive reproach
- abusive
- opprobrious
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5She 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 l
WiktionaryWe have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
Wiktionary"Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to
WiktionaryIt was a scurrilous attack.
Tatoeba · #1349672When freedom of the press was fresh, newspapers were even more scurrilous and libelous than today.
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