scurrilous
adjective
, ˈskə-rə-\
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Synonyms for scurrilous
Synonyms
abusive, contumelious, invective, opprobrious, scurrile (or scurril), truculent, vitriolic, vituperative, vituperatory
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Nazi caricatures of Jews as conniving, scurrilous schemers - a people of hooked noses and sinister motives - infused the art, literature, film and propaganda that led to the Holocaust. — Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, "Trump’s Jewish comments play on anti-Semitism in culture, film and art," 22 Aug. 2019 So magnificent are these 300 warriors that they surely would have held the pass indefinitely ... if not for the actions of a scurrilous traitor, Ephialtes, a misshapen hunchback who was too deformed to serve in the Spartan line. — Myke Cole, The New Republic, "The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scurrilous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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