scurrility

noun

skə-ˈri-lə-tē How to pronounce scurrility (audio)
Definition of scurrilitynext
as in abuse
harsh insulting language a discussion on some hot-button social issues in which any pretense to civility quickly gave way to intransigence and scurrility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurrility
  1. abuse
  2. insult
  3. invective
  4. vituperation
  5. criticism
Noun
  • Her publisher tried to stop selling the book after the abuse allegations were revealed.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Local News Hill faces felony elder abuse charges, but a judge agreed with attorneys that the trial should not start this month as previously scheduled.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of abuse
Noun
  • This is a dangerous conflation and an insult to women who choose to cook.
    Mina Holland, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
  • This can be through verbal insults, physical acts like slapping and spitting, or openly degrading someone by telling them to perform humiliating tasks (say, drinking a random glass of milk in front of your work colleagues).
    Fran Tirado, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of insult
Noun
  • Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Police officers have been injured, spit on and had objects hurled at them, the same invective screamed at them as the insurrectionists screamed at the Capitol Police on Jan. 6.
    Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 10 June 2024
Definition of invective
Noun
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of vituperation
Noun
  • The criticism is somewhat reminiscent of Texans slamming Sen. Ted Cruz for fleeing to Cancun during a statewide freeze and power loss disaster in 2021.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Meta is removing employee criticism over its hiring of UFC CEO Dana White from an internal company messaging system.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of criticism
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“Scurrility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurrility. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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