Scurrilous vs Disgraceful - What's the difference?
scurrilous | disgraceful | Related terms |
(of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
(of language) coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
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Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
Scurrilous is a related term of disgraceful.
As adjectives the difference between scurrilous and disgraceful
is that scurrilous is (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed while disgraceful is bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.scurrilous
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Adjective
(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.