scurrilous

形容词 adj.
/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/    /ˈskɜɹələs/|/ˈskʌɹələs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a person, given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
  2. Of language:; Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.
  3. Of language:; Slanderous.
    — 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”.
  4. Gross, vulgar.
  5. Unscrupulous, evil.
    — We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.

词形变化

more scurrilous comparative most scurrilous superlative

词源

From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”) + -ous, from scurra (“a buffoon”).
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