scurrilousness
Crude verbal attacks
Scurrilousness is the quality of being coarsely abusive or vulgar in language.
It describes speech or writing that attacks with crude, often obscene insults rather than reasoned criticism: The scurrilousness of the pamphlet shocked even his opponents.
The word suggests not just rudeness but a deliberate wallowing in the gutter.
Indecent word or act
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
ribaldry · bawdiness · smut · filthiness · raunchiness · salaciousness · indecency · foulness
Spoken false defamation
- libelPrinted defamation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- smearSpread or defame
denigration · disparagement · character assassination · defamation · aspersion · traducement · backbiting · mudslinging
Abusive denunciation
- vituperationBitter verbal abuse
- insultsDisparaging remarks
- verbal abuseHarmful speech targeting someone
- obloquyAbusive denunciation or disgrace
revilement · affront · tirade · harangue · diatribe · billingsgate · tongue-lashing · broadside
Shameless boldness toward superiors
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- effronteryShameless, insolent boldness
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- disrespectLack of regard
cheekiness · brazenness · incivility · irreverence · gall · nerve · contempt · flippancy
obscenity
Indecent word or act
coarseness · ribaldry · bawdiness · smut · filthiness · raunchiness · salaciousness · indecency · foulness · indelicacy
slander
Spoken false defamation
- libelPrinted defamation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
smear · denigration · disparagement · character assassination · defamation · aspersion · traducement · backbiting · mudslinging · besmirchment
invective
Abusive denunciation
- vituperationBitter verbal abuse
- insultsDisparaging remarks
- verbal abuseHarmful speech targeting someone
obloquy · revilement · affront · tirade · harangue · diatribe · billingsgate · tongue-lashing · broadside · scurrility
impudence
Shameless boldness toward superiors
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- effronteryShameless, insolent boldness
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
disrespect · cheekiness · brazenness · incivility · irreverence · gall · nerve · contempt · flippancy · sauciness
scurrilousnessdignity
Innate personal worth
decorum · civility · refinement · courtesy · politeness
scurrilousnesshonorableness
Quality of moral rectitude
respectability · nobility · honor · integrity · uprightness