scurrilous
adjective
grossly or obscenely abusive.
scurrilously
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a word derived from
scurrilous.
Example Sentences
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And then there’s the scurrilously under-handed ripoff in which a grandparent gets a call saying a grandchild has been involved in an accident or some other emergency, and money must be wired immediately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
He is, again, out of line with the public, which still approved of the group at a 59 percent clip last fall even after scurrilously edited videos trashed it.
From US News ● Feb. 14, 2016
Buy that premise, and you're in for one scurrilously funny and seriously odd trip.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2012
Her lawyer has called the district attorney lily-livered, says prosecutors have scurrilously discredited the woman and is calling for a special prosecutor.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2011
He refused to resign, and, as the students aver, scurrilously abused them.
From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
