Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To rebuke or criticize harshly or angrily; berate. synonym: scold.
- intransitive verb To use harshly critical or irate language; rail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To address abusive language to; find fault with abusively; abuse verbally; rate; objurgate.
- Synonyms To revile. vilify, berate, upbraid, rail at. The person or creature vituperated is directly addressed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
criticize in aharsh orabusive manner; tooverwhelm with wordy abuse; tocensure severely or abusively; torate . - verb intransitive To use harsh or abusive
wording .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb spread negative information about
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"There are moments," writes poet Charles Simic in Harper's, "when true invective is called for, when it becomes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, in the strongest possible language."
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"There are moments," writes poet Charles Simic in Harper's, "when true invective is called for, when it becomes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, in the strongest possible language."
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Instead of preaching to the choir, challenge them, educate them, de-vituperate them.
Report: Edwards Thinks Hillary Has Courted Him More Effectively 2009
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Put it this way: to the extent that they exist now, the “real Republicans” vituperate them and drive them off.
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Instead of preaching to the choir, challenge them, educate them, de-vituperate them.
Report: Edwards Thinks Hillary Has Courted Him More Effectively 2009
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Ambassador Spring Rice, nearing sixty and now as bald as his uncle, came daily to vituperate against his new rival, Lord Northcliffe, who had been sent to coordinate the British war effort in the United States.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Ambassador Spring Rice, nearing sixty and now as bald as his uncle, came daily to vituperate against his new rival, Lord Northcliffe, who had been sent to coordinate the British war effort in the United States.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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You are aware, of course, that because we have compulsory voting that the so-called "swinging voters" that you vituperate are usually only voting to avoid being fined.
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Simic has also written, in a 1995 essay called “In Praise of Invective,” these ringing words: “There are moments in life when true invective is called for, when there comes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, rail at in the strongest possible language.”
Charles Simic -- New Poet Laureate William Harryman 2007
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The intollerant and vituperate Republicans were removed and the Democrats reached the majority party!
Think Progress » Pundit Attacking Muslim Congressman Is Bush Appointee to Holocaust Memorial Board 2006
ophelia commented on the word vituperate
To blame, speak ill of, find fault with, in strong or violent language; to assail with abuse; to rate or revile.
Not in common use until the beginning of the 19th c.
August 7, 2008
TrueObsession14 commented on the word vituperate
Pretty strong word.
July 24, 2015