variants or scurril

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurrile
Adjective
  • Since the mid-Nineties, he’s repeatedly reinvented R&B, hip-hop, and pop, lacing classics by the likes of Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z with skittering beats, future-shock synths, and his outrageous ear for samples and hooks.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Where the previous side story, The Man Who Erased His Name, forced protagonist Kiryu to wrestle with his lonely existence, this romp casts anti-hero Goro Majima as an outrageous modern-day pirate.
    James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • After leaving an abusive relationship, Simmons and her two sons became homeless.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The allegations came after the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood and many people spoke up after abusive workplace conditions were re-evaluated and condemned.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Chicagoans will have no one to hold accountable at the ballot box when the buses don’t arrive and rail stations are filthy and crime-ridden.
    Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The plastic waste China received was filthy, much of it too dirty to be cleaned, shredded, and turned into new plastic.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Not worrying about getting dirty or anything like that.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • These guys are out here sweating, getting their hands dirty.
    Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • One upshot was Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which to this day insulates social media from legal liability for the content — however incendiary or scurrilous — that users post.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Facts won’t deter Republicans on this point, however, for the same reason that Trump and his running mate, J. D. Vance, keep repeating their scurrilous lies about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of Ohio: white anxiety about a diversifying country has become one of the Party’s greatest assets.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Trump’s vituperative persona, his enmity toward multilateralism, and his extreme policy agenda could easily sink the United States’ prospects for meaningful leadership of the G-20.
    Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike Rhoades, a vituperative colossus, however, Williams brings a steely determination and a Joe Friday, just-the-facts mien to his lawyering in the court of public opinion.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Over time, authorities also sidelined activities like sumo wrestling—considered vulgar by Westerners—in favor of baseball, boating, mountain climbing, and other activities popular in the West.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Cornelius said that the superintendent later informed her of other prior incidents including her son — who has autism and is nonverbal — getting a shower without her permission, getting called vulgar names by staff and teachers, and receiving other inappropriate comments.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Scurrile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurrile. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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