different between scurrilous vs malicious

English

Etymology

From Latin scurr?lis (“buffoon-like”), from scurra (“a buffoon”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk?.??.l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk???l?s/, /?sk???l?s/

Adjective

scurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)

1. (of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
2. (of language) Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous.
3. Gross, vulgar and evil.
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Related terms

• scurrile
• scurrilously
• scurrilousness
• scurrility

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Further reading

• scurrilous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• scurrilous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• scurrilous at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• malitious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Old English yfelwillende.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?sh'?s, IPA^(key): /m??l???s/

Adjective

malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)

1. Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
2. spiteful and deliberately harmful

   He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

Synonyms

• malevolent
• evil
• See also Thesaurus:evil

Derived terms

• maliciously
• maliciousness
• malicious mischief

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