Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Using, containing, or marked by harshly critical or irate language.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Serving to vituperate; containing or expressing abusive censure; abusive.
- Synonyms Opprobrious, scurrilous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective marked by
harsh , spoken, or writtenabuse ;abusive , often withranting orrailing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by harshly abusive criticism
Etymologies
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Examples
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I find the name vituperative name calling directed at John and Jen, and the questioning of their ethics and motivations, MUCH more offensive than anything that either of them has *ever* posted.
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I would hope that anyone else responding to Palomares 'posting would stick to the subject rather than engage in vituperative rejoinder.
Gay life in Mexico 2006
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The conviction shared by most of the book's early critics, whether reflective or vituperative, is of the impropriety of the subject.
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Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven. —
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Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven. —
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He'd never used that kind of vituperative language with her.
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I kinda' had a hint as to what "vituperative" meant, but only from from context.
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I kinda' had a hint as to what "vituperative" meant, but only from from context.
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And we've got to keep it focused on the issues and away from the kind of vituperative attacks we've seen.
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Now in a rapid descent, Broder's shuffle become more of a mad dash to avoid the fallout of his next instance of lack of lucidity by asserting that Ned Lamont supporters are "vituperative", bloggers of the left are all "angry", and Republican Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio, and Bush sycophant fame, is an "ally of the center".
logophile commented on the word vituperative
What a wonderful word with a horribly pretentious connotation.
October 23, 2007
895150580 commented on the word vituperative
Please add this etymology information to this word (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vituperatio)
November 15, 2009