Category:Scurrilous

Scur"ril*ous, a. Etym: [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.

2. Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely Jocular; as, scurrilous language. The 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-mounthed; indecent; Scurrile; mean. -- scur"ril*ous*ly, adv. -- scur"ril*ous*ness, n.