adj
Meaning 1
Of a person, given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scurrilous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskʌ.ɹɪ.ləs/
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General-American: /ˈskɜɹələs/
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General-American: /ˈskʌɹələs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of language:
Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of language:
Slanderous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Gross, vulgar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 5
Unscrupulous, evil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
expressing offensive reproach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abusive, opprobrious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”) + -ous, from scurra (“a buffoon”).
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мръсен (mrǎsen) — foul-mouthed
- Bulgarian: неприличен (nepriličen) — foul-mouthed
- Danish: sjofel — foul-mouthed
- Danish: grov — foul-mouthed
- Dutch: grofgebekt — foul-mouthed
- Finnish: rääväsuinen — foul-mouthed
- Finnish: ruokoton — foul-mouthed
- German: ordinär — foul-mouthed
- German: flegelhaft — foul-mouthed
- German: pöbelhaft — foul-mouthed
- German: niederträchtig — foul-mouthed
- German: gemein — foul-mouthed
- German: possenreißerisch — foul-mouthed
- German: zotig — foul-mouthed
- Māori: ngutu momoho — foul-mouthed
- Norwegian Bokmål: grov — foul-mouthed
- Norwegian Bokmål: nederdrektig — foul-mouthed
- Portuguese: obsceno — foul-mouthed
- Romanian: injurios — foul-mouthed
- Romanian: obscen — foul-mouthed
- Romanian: ordinar — foul-mouthed
- Romanian: abuziv — foul-mouthed
- Russian: оскорби́тельный (oskorbítelʹnyj) — foul-mouthed
- Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — foul-mouthed
- Bulgarian: циничен (ciničen) — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Bulgarian: вулгарен (vulgaren) — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Danish: grov — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Danish: uanstændig — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Danish: krænkende — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Dutch: vulgair — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Dutch: grof — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Finnish: ruokoton — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: vulgär — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: obszön — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: ehrenrührig — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: verleumderisch — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: unflätig — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: zotig — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: verunglimpfend — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Latin: scurrīlis — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Māori: ngutu momoho — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Norwegian Bokmål: plump — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Norwegian Bokmål: vulgær — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Norwegian Bokmål: sladderaktig — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Portuguese: obsceno — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Russian: непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- German: bösartig — gross, vulgar and evil
- German: widerlich — gross, vulgar and evil
- German: übel — gross, vulgar and evil
- German: niederträchtig — gross, vulgar and evil
- German: gemein — gross, vulgar and evil
- Russian: ме́рзкий (mérzkij) — gross, vulgar and evil