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Scurrilous vs Maligning - What's the difference?

scurrilous | maligning |

As an adjective scurrilous

is (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.

As a verb maligning is

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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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    maligning

    English

    Verb

    (head)