scurrilously
In crude insults
Scurrilously means in a manner that is vulgar, coarsely abusive, or defamatory.
Someone who attacks another scurrilously resorts to crude insults or scandalous accusations rather than legitimate criticism: The tabloid scurrilously implied she'd slept her way to the top.
The word suggests both vulgarity and malicious intent.
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- ridiculingMocking with contempt
contemptuous · derisive · scornful · belittling · insolent · impertinent · abusive · offensive
Printed defamation
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- smearSpread or defame
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
vilify · traduce · malign · besmirch · aspersion · impugn · blacken · slur
With desire to harm
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- malevolentlyWith harmful intent
- venomouslyWith poisonous hostility
- viciouslyIn a brutal manner
meanly · nastily · cruelly · wickedly · hatefully · hostilely · poisonously · toxically
In unrefined manner
- crudelyIn unrefined manner
- obscenelyIn a lewd manner
- lewdlyIn indecent fashion
- profanelyIn a vulgar manner
indecently · bawdily · foully · filthily · smuttily · grossly · indelicately · offensively
mocking
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
ridiculing · contemptuous · derisive · scornful · belittling · insolent · impertinent · abusive · offensive · disrespectful
libel
Printed defamation
defamation · vilify · traduce · malign · besmirch · aspersion · impugn · blacken · slur · mudslinging
spitefully
With desire to harm
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- malevolentlyWith harmful intent
- venomouslyWith poisonous hostility
viciously · meanly · nastily · cruelly · wickedly · hatefully · hostilely · poisonously · toxically · harmfully
coarsely
In unrefined manner
profanely · indecently · bawdily · foully · filthily · smuttily · grossly · indelicately · offensively · tastelessly
scurrilouslyrespectfully
In a deferential way
honorably · complimentarily · graciously · courteously · politely
scurrilouslyhonorably
With ethical conduct
fairly · honestly · truthfully · charitably · generously