Sekirov Dictionary

vituperate

UK /vɪˈtjuːpəɹeɪt/US /vəˈt(j)upəˌɹeɪt/

verb 3
/vəˈt(j)upəɹət/ adjective 2
forms 5

verb3

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(formal) To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
- ['T]is false as hell, and thou vituperatest thine own sex in saying so, lady. Wert thou the daughter of a king, instead of a proud Popish Knight, I would say so to thy face. — 1832
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(formal) To attack (someone or something) with abusive language; to revile, to vilify.
- […] I learn that I have enemies, who, not content to hate, are sedulous to vituperate me. — 1797
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(formal) To use abusive or harsh words.
- Governor "Ben" Tillman of South Carolina vituperated back with great fluency and the scene ended by a mutual promise to finish the discussion with more lethal weapons. — 1894

vituperate

UK /vɪˈtjuːpəɹət/US /vəˈt(j)upəɹət/

adjective2

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(formal) Of, characterized by, or relating to abusive or harsh criticism.
- Faced with a vituperate Serbian nationalism and the despotic actions of Slobodan Milošević, who took power in the late 1980s, Slovenia and Croatia seceded from federal Yugoslavia in June 1991[…]. — 2019
(formal, rare) Which has been abusively or harshly criticized; also, deserving harsh criticism.

forms

vituperated · vituperating · vituperates · more vituperate · most vituperate

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