Denigrate vs Scurrilous - What's the difference?
denigrate | scurrilous |
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
(rare) To blacken.
(of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
(of language) coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
* 2014 July 29, "
As a verb denigrate
is to criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.As an adjective scurrilous is
given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.denigrate
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(denigrat)Derived terms
* denigration * denigratoryscurrilous
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(en adjective)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.
