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Webster 1913 Edition
Scurrilous
Scur′ril-ous
,Adj.
[See
Scurrile
.] 1.
Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant;
as, a
. scurrilous
fellow2.
Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular;
as,
. scurrilous
languageThe absurd and
scurrilous
sermon which had very unwisely been honored with impeachment. Macaulay.
Syn. – Opprobrious; abusive; reproachful; insulting; insolent; offensive; gross; vile; vulgar; low; foul; foul-mouthed; indecent; scurrile; mean.
– Scur′ril-ous-ly
, adv.
Scur′ril-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scurrilous
SCUR'RILOUS
, a. 1. Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the licence of buffoons can warrant; as a scurrilous fellow.
2. Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as scurrilous language.
Definition 2024
scurrilous
scurrilous
English
Adjective
scurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)
- (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
- (of language) coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- 2014 July 29, "On chutzpah and war," Aljazeera.com (retrieved 29 July 2014):
- Perhaps the greatest chutzpah is the term itself, moving from scurrilous origins to something admirable.
- 2014 July 29, "On chutzpah and war," Aljazeera.com (retrieved 29 July 2014):
- gross, vulgar and evil
- 2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
- "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."
- We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
- 2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
Translations
foul-mouthed
coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
gross, vulgar and evil