Definition of scurrilous
1a : using or given to coarse languageb : vulgar and evil scurrilous imposters who used a religious exterior to rob poor people — Edwin Benson
2 : containing obscenities, abuse, or slander scurrilous accusations
scurrilously
adverbscurrilousness
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Examples of scurrilous in a Sentence
scurrilous attacks on the senator
a scurrilous satire on the scandal that enveloped Washington
Recent Examples of scurrilous from the Web
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His longstanding and intimate links to the scurrilous press is not just one of his quirks, but integral to his political identity.
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The reaction to the Kathy Griffin photograph is encouraging; the success of the more scurrilous late-night talk show hosts, and Trump's continuing unpresidential blogging, is not.
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And a set of rules, rather than restraining the guest’s experience, is meant to help guide that guest, and everyone else, through a pleasant evening accompanied by the gentle clink of glasses rather than a scurrilous roar.
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Trump’s team has dismissed the dossier as entirely scurrilous.
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As false and often scurrilous news proliferates on the internet, those values are in tension more than ever, as the case of Chobani v. Alex Jones shows.
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The scurrilous theft of San Jose Aviation Director Kim Becker by the larger San Diego International Airport is a second whammy to San Jose.
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There was an obelisk with a profile of Pushkin, a modest bouquet of purple flowers at its base, memorializing the duel with a French officer whom Pushkin accused of spreading scurrilous rumors about Pushkin’s twife.
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First Known Use of scurrilous
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SCURRILOUS Defined for English Language Learners
scurrilous
playDefinition of scurrilous for English Language Learners
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: said or done unfairly to make people have a bad opinion of someone
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