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Scurrilous vs Shameful - What's the difference?

scurrilous | shameful | Related terms |

Scurrilous is a related term of shameful.


As adjectives the difference between scurrilous and shameful

is that scurrilous is (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed while shameful is causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful.

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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    shameful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
  • giving offense

    • Derived terms

    * shamefully * shamefulness