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Scurrilous vs Obscene - What's the difference?

scurrilous | obscene |

As adjectives the difference between scurrilous and obscene

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

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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    obscene

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Offensive to current standards of decency or morality
  • Lewd or lustful
  • Disgusting or repulsive
  • Beyond all reason
  • Liable to deprave or corrupt

    • Usage notes

    * The comparative obscener and superlative obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene' and ' most obscene .