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View usage for: scurrility in American English (skəˈrɪləti) noun1. the quality of being scurrilous; coarseness or indecency of language, esp. in invective or joking 2. Word forms: plural scurˈrilities a scurrilous act or remark Examples of 'scurrility' in a sentencescurrility His voice is not tinged by irony or scurrility; it reveals instead a mixture of insolence and bewilderment. Synonyms of 'scurrility'slanderousness, obscenity, indecency, invective More Synonyms of scurrility Synonyms slanderousness coarseness offensiveness billingsgate obloquy grossness scurrilousness infamousness Additional synonymsverbal abusiveness and physical violence Synonyms insults, rudeness, vilification, invective, vitriol, foul language, offensiveness, vituperation, coarse language, contumely, philippics, traducement, calumniation, derisiveness Synonyms coarseness, obscenity, sensuality, indecency, impurity, rudeness, vulgarity, smut, bestiality, crudity, licentiousness, offensiveness, ribaldry, unseemliness, indelicacy, smuttiness He behaved himself toward me with ill manner, indecency and disrespect. Synonyms obscenity, impurity, lewdness, impropriety, pornography, vulgarity, coarseness, crudity, licentiousness, foulness, outrageousness, immodesty, grossness, vileness, bawdiness, unseemliness, indelicacy, smuttiness, indecorum, smut Nearby words ofscurrility - scum
- scungy
- scupper
- scurrility
- scurrilous
- scurry
- scurvy
Additional synonymsDefinition abusive speech or writing A woman had hurled vicious invective at the family. Synonyms abuse, censure, tirade, reproach, berating, denunciation, diatribe, vilification, tongue-lashing, billingsgate, vituperation, castigation, obloquy, contumely (literary), philippic(s), revilement He justified the use of obscenity on the grounds that it was art. Synonyms indecency, pornography, impurity, impropriety, vulgarity, smut, prurience, coarseness, crudity, licentiousness, foulness, outrageousness, blueness, immodesty, suggestiveness, lewdness, dirtiness, grossness, vileness, filthiness, bawdiness, unseemliness, indelicacy, smuttiness, salacity racist speeches full of vituperation, slander and prejudice Synonyms abuse, vilification, invective, blame, censure, rebuke, reprimand, flak (informal), reproach, tongue-lashing, fault-finding, castigation, obloquy, scurrility |