thersitical

thersitical
a) Scurrilous, grossly defamatory.
b) Caustic, obscenely and tactlessly abusive.

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  • thersitical — /theuhr sit i keuhl/, adj. scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive. [1640 50; THERSIT(ES) + ICAL] * * * …   Universalium

  • thersitical — /θɜˈsɪtɪkəl/ (say ther sitikuhl) adjective scurrilous; foul mouthed. {from Thersites, in Greek legend, the most vindictive, impudent, and foul mouthed of the Greeks at the siege of Troy + ical} …  

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  • abusive — adj 1. affronting, insulting, offensive, off putting, unbearable, insufferable, intolerable, Brit. Inf. beastly, Archaic. affrontive; fulminatory, objurgatory, objurgative, contumelious; indecent, vulgar, obscene, lewd, licentious; smutty, filthy …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • foul — adj 1. contaminated, polluted, infected, adulterated, impure, defiled, tainted; spoiled, rotten, moldy, decayed, decomposed, carious, fetid, putrid, putrescent, putrefactive; ill smelling, evil smelling, Sl. funky, rancid, stinking, stinky, rank …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • foulmouthed — adj 1. profane, blackguardly, Obs. blackguard, Fescennine, rough spoken; scurrilous, Archaic. scurrile, thersitical, ribald. 2. vulgar, obscene, indecent, gross, vile, filthy, dirty, smutty, nasty, scatologic, scatological, Sl. raunchy; crude,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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