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Vulgar, coarse, abusive.

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Usage examples (31)
  • It was a scurrilous rumor, and she decided to ignore it.
  • And, you know, clearly, an attempt by the Obama campaign to put an end to what he calls scurrilous attacks here.
  • But, before I could even get to it, he wanted to bring it up, and, clearly, an attempt by the Obama campaign to put an end to what he calls scurrilous attacks here.
  • When the intemperate heats of the spirit break out in scurrilous and abusive language, then the troubled sea casts forth mire and dirt.
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