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marked by harsh insulting language
a scurrilous satire on the scandal that enveloped Washington
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Recent Examples of scurrilous
As the scurrilous allegations multiplied, reputation-conscious banks cut off his company, Lord Energy.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
The immigration debate often is infused with scurrilous claims and misinformation.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
But the six-part series goes deeper, delving beneath the sensational headlines to investigate how a scurrilous rumor in the early 1990s nearly came to ruin a man’s life.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
His brushes with the law, and his drug use, morphed into scurrilous tabloid fodder, making his life, at least for a while, a living hell.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
The immigration debate often is infused with scurrilous claims and misinformation.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
But the six-part series goes deeper, delving beneath the sensational headlines to investigate how a scurrilous rumor in the early 1990s nearly came to ruin a man’s life.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
His brushes with the law, and his drug use, morphed into scurrilous tabloid fodder, making his life, at least for a while, a living hell.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurrilous
Adjective
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The 2014 legislation also benefited the children of veterans and students without reliable housing or living in abusive households.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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The departure follows in the wake of a number of European cinema bodies and figures quitting X in recent months – including the Berlinale and Venice head Alberto Barbera – amid concerns about a surge in disinformation and abusive content on the platform since Musk took ownership in 2022.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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The two franchises eventually crossed over with the Warriors Orochi games, which mashes up characters from both titles alongside original ones for an outrageous kitchen sink approach with a fantasy bend.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The kit takes what is already a pretty outrageous sports car and outfits it with an aggressive aero package that features a front lip spoiler, a whole array of fins, and an even larger rear wing that retains the standard version’s DRS functionality.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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There would be nothing more insulting to our democracy, and to the memory of those who died in connection to that day, than letting rioters walk free.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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This disastrous budget is even more insulting as Los Angeles County grapples with the devastation from four major fires.—
Bill Essayli,
Orange County Register,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, this is an obscene price for a Qi wireless charger.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
19 Jan. 2025
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Still, justices questioned whether that might put the cost of protecting kids from obscene content online on phone makers like Apple or Google rather than the sites being regulated.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
15 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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“Scurrilous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurrilous. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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