scurrilous
31scurrilous — Vulgar, indecent, or abusive. 33 Am J1st L & S § 54 …
32scurrilous — adj. 1 (of a person or language) grossly or indecently abusive. 2 given to or expressed with low humour. Derivatives: scurrility n. (pl. ies). scurrilously adv. scurrilousness n. Etymology: F scurrile or L scurrilus f. scurra buffoon …
33Scurrilously — 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;… …
34Scurrilousness — 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;… …
35scurrilities — scurrilous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ making scandalous claims about someone in order to damage their reputation. DERIVATIVES scurrility noun (pl. scurrilities) . ORIGIN Latin scurrilus, from scurra buffoon …
36scurrility — scurrilous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ making scandalous claims about someone in order to damage their reputation. DERIVATIVES scurrility noun (pl. scurrilities) . ORIGIN Latin scurrilus, from scurra buffoon …
37abusive — abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious, scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance. Abusive… …
38Sedition Act of 1918 — The Sedition Act of 1918 was an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917 passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that dissent, in time of war, was a significant threat to morale. The passing of this act forbade Americans …
39scurrilousness — noun see scurrilous * * * scurrˈilousness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑scurrilous * * * scurrilousness noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: damage to someone s reputationsynonym …
40scur|ril — scur|rile or scur|ril «SKUR uhl», adjective. Archaic. scurrilous. ╂[< Latin scurrīlus; see etym. under scurrilous (Cf. ↑scurrilous)] …
