From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscurrilousscur‧ri‧lous /ˈskʌrələs $ ˈskɜːr-/ adjective formal ALUNTRUEscurrilous remarks, articles etc contain damaging and untrue statements about someone → slanderous a scurrilous attack on his integrity —scurrilously adverb
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scurrilous• Intense negotiation followed, then shortly afterwards legal threats from Harvard, culminating in a bizarre series of scurrilous allegations and counter-allegations.• Delighted we darted off to Niel to report this scurrilous comment.• My scurrilous expectations were fired up by a headline on a handout from the Commission.• A mixture of technical facts and utterly scurrilous gossip and dirt if it relates to the cars.• Spanning several generations of schools and styles, her own recollections are a fascinating mix of knowledgeable anecdote and scurrilous gossip.• An old tale tells of a holy priest who visited his nephew, a scurrilous tavern-keeper.• From that time, his anti-Semitism grew so shrill and scurrilous that its virulence still makes one wince.• As a result, Judas must be seen as something very different from the scurrilous villain of popular tradition.Origin scurrilous (1500-1600) Latin scurrilis, from scurra “stupid person” 