Scurrility
21lewdness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. indecency, unchastity, incontinence, fleshliness, vulgarity, lechery, wantonness, lubricity, lasciviousness, aphrodisia, bodily appetite, libidinousness, sensuality, licentiousness, voluptuousness, lecherousness, profligacy …
22obscenity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state or quality of being obscene] Syn. salacity, vulgarity, scurrility; see lewdness . 2. [That which is obscene] Syn. vulgarity, impropriety, smut; see curse 1 , indecency 2 , pornography . II (Roget s 3… …
23scurrilousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Harsh, often insulting language: abuse, billingsgate, contumely, invective, obloquy, railing, revilement, reviling, scurrility, vituperation. See PRAISE. 2. The quality or state of being obscene: bawdiness,… …
24Disrespect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disrespect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disrespect disrespect disesteem disestimation Sgm: N 1 disparagement disparagement &c.(dispraise) 932 =>(detraction) ???>934 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 irreverence irreverence …
25libel# — libel n Libel, skit, squib, lampoon, pasquinade mean a public and often satirical presentation of faults or weaknesses, especially those of an individual. Libel (compare libel vb under MALIGN) is the legal term for statement or representation (as …
26ribaldry — n 1. scurrility, scurrilousness, abusiveness, blackguardism, profaneness; indecency, shamelessness, suggestivity, immodesty, indelicacy; offen siveness, grossness, rankness, repulsiveness, repulsivi ty; vulgarity, vulgarness, obsceneness,… …
27billingsgate — noun foul mouthed or obscene abuse • Syn: ↑scurrility • Derivationally related forms: ↑scurrilous (for: ↑scurrility) • Hypernyms: ↑abuse, ↑insult, ↑ …
28Abuse — A*buse , n. [F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See {Abuse}, v. t.] 1. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of …
29Abuse of distress — Abuse A*buse , n. [F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See {Abuse}, v. t.] 1. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an… …
30Improperation — Im*prop er*a tion, n. [L. improperare, improperatum, to taunt.] The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne [1913 Webster] …
