scurrilousness

scurrilousness
scur·ri·lous·ness

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  • scurrilousness — noun see scurrilous * * * scurrˈilousness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑scurrilous * * * scurrilousness noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: damage to someone s reputationsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scurrilousness — Scurrilous Scur ril*ous, a. [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 fellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Containing low indecency or abuse;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scurrilousness — noun see scurrilous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • scurrilousness — See scurrilously. * * * …   Universalium

  • scurrilousness — noun The property of being scurrilous …   Wiktionary

  • scurrilousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Harsh, often insulting language: abuse, billingsgate, contumely, invective, obloquy, railing, revilement, reviling, scurrility, vituperation. See PRAISE. 2. The quality or state of being obscene: bawdiness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • scurrilousness — n. vulgarity; indecency of manners; obscenity of language …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scurrilousness — See: scurrilous …   English dictionary

  • scurrility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. coarseness, indecency, vulgarity, slander, sarcasm, defilement; see also abuse 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being obscene: bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Scurrility — Scur*ril i*ty, n. [L. scurrilitas: cf. F. scurrilit[ e].] 1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. [1913 Webster] Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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