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Damning vs Scurrilous - What's the difference?

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Damning is a related term of scurrilous.


As adjectives the difference between damning and scurrilous

is that damning is condemning while scurrilous is (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.

As a verb damning

is .

As a noun damning

is a condemnation.

damning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • condemning
    • damning evidence was clear for all to see

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A condemnation.
  • * 2003 , Richard Traubner, Operetta: A Theatrical History (page 338)
    • This elicited damnings from pulpit and press, and insured a healthy run.
  • An act of swearing with the word "damn".
  • * (Daniel Defoe)
    • No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings , and swearings he makes.
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    scurrilous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
  • (of language) coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
  • * 2014 July 29, " On chutzpah and war," Aljazeera.com (retrieved 29 July 2014):
    • Perhaps the greatest chutzpah is the term itself, moving from scurrilous origins to something admirable.

    Related terms

    * scurrile * scurrilously * scurrilousness * scurrility

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