scurrilous
adjective /ˈskʌrələs/
/ˈskɜːrələs/
(formal)- very rude and offensive, and intended to damage somebody’s reputation
恶语毁谤的；用污言秽语谩骂的；辱骂的 - scurrilous rumours
恶意中伤的谣言 - He wrote a scurrilous piece about me in the local press.
他在当地报纸上写了一篇关于我的下流文章。
Collocations DictionaryScurrilous is used with these nouns:- attack
- rumour
词源late 16th cent.: from French scurrile or Latin scurrilus (from scurra ‘buffoon’) + -ous. - scurrilous rumours