scurrilous
adjective
[ ˈskʌrɪləs ]
• making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
• "a scurrilous attack on his integrity"
Similar:
abusive,
vituperative,
derogatory,
disparaging,
denigratory,
pejorative,
deprecatory,
insulting,
offensive,
defamatory,
slanderous,
libellous,
scandalous,
opprobrious,
vitriolic,
venomous,
unfounded,
ill-founded,
groundless,
baseless,
unsubstantiated,
unwarranted,
unsupported,
insupportable,
uncorroborated,
unjustified,
unjustifiable,
bitchy,
contumelious,
calumnious,
calumniatory,
aspersive,
invective,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French scurrile or Latin scurrilus (from scurra ‘buffoon’) + -ous.
