scurrilous
/ˈskɜɹələs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of language:
adj
Of language:
adj
Example Sentences
- "She said Johnson was “a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand”, adding that it was “so desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition”."
- "We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud."
- ""Instead, another dangerous killer now roams our streets, thanks to that scurrilous, sinister super-heel!""
- ""Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to convince Canadians that the majority have benefited from this.""
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: scurrīlis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskɜɹələs/
- British English: /ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/
Inflected Forms
more scurrilous (comparative)
most scurrilous (superlative)