scurrilousness

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scur·ri·lous

(skûr′ə-ləs, skŭr′-)

adj.

1. Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.

2. Expressed in vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.

3. Of a malicious or slanderous nature; defamatory: "The law affords them wide First Amendment protection ... even when they write scurrilous lies" (Richard Curtis).

scur′ri·lous·ly adv.

scur′ri·lous·ness n.

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scurrilousness

noun

1. Harsh, often insulting language:

abuse, billingsgate, contumely, invective, obloquy, railing, revilement, reviling, scurrility, vituperation.

2. The quality or state of being obscene:

bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, obscenity, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness.

Slang: raunch, raunchiness.

Translations

بَذاءَه

sprostota

grovhed

Unflätigkeit

grossièreté

meinyrîi; òaî aî vera meinyrtur

küfür sövgü

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scurrilous

(ˈskariləs) , ((American) ˈskə:-) adjective

insulting or abusive. a scurrilous poem.

ˈscurrilously adverb

ˈscurrilousness noun

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