thersitical

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

After Thersites, a minor character in the Iliad who slandered and mocked Agamemnon.

Adjective

thersitical (comparative more thersitical, superlative most thersitical)

  1. Scurrilous, grossly defamatory
  2. Caustic, obscenely and tactlessly abusive
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