"scurrilous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɜɹələs/ [General-American], /ˈskʌɹələs/ [General-American] Forms: more scurrilous [comparative], most scurrilous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”) + -ous, from scurra (“a buffoon”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|scurrīlis||buffoon-like}} Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”), {{af|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} scurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)
  1. (of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed. Translations (foul-mouthed): мръсен (mrǎsen) (Bulgarian), неприличен (nepriličen) (Bulgarian), sjofel (Danish), grov (Danish), grofgebekt (Dutch), rääväsuinen (Finnish), ruokoton (Finnish), ordinär (German), flegelhaft (German), pöbelhaft (German), niederträchtig (German), gemein (German), possenreißerisch (German), zotig (German), ngutu momoho (Maori), grov (Norwegian Bokmål), nederdrektig (Norwegian Bokmål), obsceno (Portuguese), injurios (Romanian), obscen (Romanian), ordinar (Romanian), abuziv (Romanian), оскорби́тельный (oskorbítelʹnyj) (Russian), гру́бый (grúbyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scurrilous-en-adj-PPvkPYU7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 31 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 69 27 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 35 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 22 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 20 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 62 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 68 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 72 26 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 24 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 74 24 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 62 25 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 62 28 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 34 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 64 27 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 28 1 Disambiguation of 'foul-mouthed': 96 4 1
  2. (of language) Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous. Translations (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous): циничен (ciničen) (Bulgarian), вулгарен (vulgaren) (Bulgarian), grov (Danish), uanstændig (Danish), krænkende (Danish), vulgair (Dutch), grof (Dutch), ruokoton (Finnish), vulgär (German), obszön (German), ehrenrührig (German), verleumderisch (German), unflätig (German), zotig (German), verunglimpfend (German), scurrīlis (Latin), ngutu momoho (Maori), plump (Norwegian Bokmål), vulgær (Norwegian Bokmål), sladderaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), obsceno (Portuguese), непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) (Russian), гру́бый (grúbyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scurrilous-en-adj-WgFejAoL Disambiguation of 'coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous': 14 73 13
  3. Gross, vulgar and evil. Translations (gross, vulgar and evil): bösartig (German), widerlich (German), übel (German), niederträchtig (German), gemein (German), ме́рзкий (mérzkij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scurrilous-en-adj-7v2FS6Es Disambiguation of 'gross, vulgar and evil': 13 22 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scurrile, scurrilously, scurrilousness, scurrility

Alternative forms

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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most scurrilous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scurrile"
    },
    {
      "word": "scurrilously"
    },
    {
      "word": "scurrilousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "scurrility"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ],
        [
          "verbal",
          "verbal"
        ],
        [
          "abuse",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "foul-mouthed",
          "foul-mouthed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 3, Heather Stewart, quoting Munira Mirza, “Boris Johnson’s policy chief quits over PM’s ‘scurrilous’ Savile remark”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "She said Johnson was “a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand”, adding that it was “so desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition”.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Coarse",
          "coarse"
        ],
        [
          "abusive",
          "abusive"
        ],
        [
          "slanderous",
          "slanderous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of language) Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of language"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada:",
          "text": "\"Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to convince Canadians that the majority have benefited from this.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Stan Lee, John Romita Sr, The Amazing Spider-Man #48:",
          "text": "\"Instead, another dangerous killer now roams our streets, thanks to that scurrilous, sinister super-heel!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gross, vulgar and evil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɜɹələs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskʌɹələs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mrǎsen",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "мръсен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepriličen",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "неприличен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "sjofel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "grov"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "grofgebekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "rääväsuinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "ruokoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "ordinär"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "flegelhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "pöbelhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "niederträchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "gemein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "possenreißerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "zotig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "ngutu momoho"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "grov"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "nederdrektig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "obsceno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "injurios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "obscen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "ordinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "abuziv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oskorbítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "оскорби́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grúbyj",
      "sense": "foul-mouthed",
      "word": "гру́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ciničen",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "циничен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vulgaren",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "вулгарен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "grov"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "uanstændig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "krænkende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "vulgair"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "grof"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "ruokoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "vulgär"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "obszön"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "ehrenrührig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "verleumderisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "unflätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "zotig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "ehrenrührig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "verunglimpfend"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "scurrīlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "ngutu momoho"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "plump"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "vulgær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "sladderaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "obsceno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepristójnyj",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "непристо́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grúbyj",
      "sense": "coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous",
      "word": "гру́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gross, vulgar and evil",
      "word": "bösartig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gross, vulgar and evil",
      "word": "widerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gross, vulgar and evil",
      "word": "übel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gross, vulgar and evil",
      "word": "niederträchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gross, vulgar and evil",
      "word": "gemein"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mérzkij",
      "sense": "gross, vulgar and evil",
      "word": "ме́рзкий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scurrilous"
}

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