SCURRILOUSNESS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

scurrilousness

noun

as in pervertedness

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Times when this line has fundamentally blurred, such as with Nixon and Watergate, have been some of the most notorious instances of overreach and corruption in our history.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Collins has been behind in numerous polls, and has been fighting a House ethics investigation and accusations of corruption and associations with white supremacists throughout his campaign.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of corruption

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Speaking to the Freedom Fighters club in Arlington July 1, Hall said moral degeneracy, discipline issues and low literacy rates are products of removing the Bible from classrooms.

— Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
The team found that a near-infrared resolving power of at least 40 is the minimum needed to break that degeneracy.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of degeneracy

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The leprous, lascivious body was a perversion that Western proselytizing could fix.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
More broadly, this same chain of logic turns the Voting Rights Act into a zombie law, a perversion of its intended purpose that now mostly protects white Americans from any attempts to break their disproportionate control of voting machinery.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026

Definition of perversion

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This is intended to minimize degradation, reducing contrast decay and improving light projection reliability, ultimately extending the screen's lifespan.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
These numbers allowed researchers to rule out standard organic decay or high-temperature methane breakdown as the source.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of decay

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Every other entry either dwells in its characters’ filth throughout or reveals a new level of depravity as the climactic joke.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026
If Harper’s voracious hunger for piling on details of Hollywood depravity can seem exploitative, the noir framework suggests another way of looking at it.

— Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of depravity

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