scurrilous

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  1. adjective Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language; foul-mouthed.
  2. adjective Expressed in vulgar, coarse, and abusive language.

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  • He also liked the "Autobiography of the Wandering Jew", and the "Testaments of the Trivicurn Jati", and a beautiful volume, "Two Hundred and Fifty­three Travellers", as well as a scurrilous-looking collection, possibly pornographic, called "Tantric Thief Across Five Centuries". —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • The Republicans are no strangers to scurrilous, anonymous emails. —  Making Light
  • Every time someone says something negative about Palin, especially if its particularly scurrilous, the Republicans aren't offended or sad or angry. —  The Caucus
  • She said her impartiality in Shell to Sea cases was obvious to any interested observer and went on to describe Mr Harnett's accusations as "scurrilous". —  SHELL TO SEA: The West's Awake!
  • The whoppers about Palin are piled up so high in the moribund mainstream media that the wrinkly newsreaders have taken to blaming their most scurrilous, sexist screw-ups on those nefarious unnamed left-wing "bloggers" - you know, like Brian Williams. —  Hub Politics
 

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/ˈskərɪləs/
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