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scurrilous
 
ADJECTIVE:1. Of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse: abusive, contumelious, invective, opprobrious, vituperative. See ATTACK, ATTITUDE. 2. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, smutty, vulgar. Slang : raunchy. See DECENT.
 
 
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