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Shocking vs Scurrilous - What's the difference?

shocking | scurrilous |

As adjectives the difference between shocking and scurrilous

is that shocking is inspiring shock; startling while scurrilous is (of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.

As a verb shocking

is .

As a noun shocking

is the application of an electric shock.

shocking

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Inspiring shock; startling
  • Unusually obscene or lewd
  • (colloquial) Extremely bad

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    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of an electric shock.
  • * 2005 , Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
    • We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings , beatings, brandings,

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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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