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vituperative

UK/vɪˈt͡ʃuːpɹətɪv//vəˈtuːpɚətɪv/

vituperative adjective: marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.

Adjective

vituperative (comparative more vituperative, superlative most vituperative)

  1. Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
    • Floris gave the play a vituperative review laced with frequent personal insults.
    • […] ten times in a day calling the child of his prayers TRISTRAM!—Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven.1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter 19, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC

vituperative meaning in Tamil

vituperative in Tamil

திட்டுகிற

Examples of vituperative in a sentence

  • And she saw so many foulnesses there, and so many aberrations, that Lady Mary’s language was almost wholly moral and vituperative.1792, Robert Bage, “chapter 81”, in Man As He Is, volume 3, London: William Lane, page 257:
  • […] she […] proceeded, without a pause, to pour out a rolling flood of vituperative Latin, in which reproof, indignation, and sarcastic pleasantries followed one another with astonishing volubility.1928, Giles Lytton Strachey, “Chapter 9”, in Elizabeth and Essex, New York: Harcourt, Brace, page 144:
  • The injunction also became a pretext for yet another round of vituperative cant from Idaho’s reactionary congressional delegation.2008 August 16, Jeffrey St. Clair, “Last Stand in the Big Woods”, in CounterPunch:

Synonyms of vituperative

All synonyms of vituperative

Forms of vituperative

comparativemore vituperative
superlativemost vituperative

Origin of vituperative

Formed from vituperātus, perfect passive participle of Latin vituperō (“to blame, to censure”) + -ive; by surface analysis, vituperate + -ive.

Words formed from vituperative

Questions about vituperative

What does vituperative mean?
Vituperative means marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
What is vituperative in Tamil?
Vituperative in Tamil is திட்டுகிற. See Vituperative meaning in Tamil.
How do you use vituperative in a sentence?
And she saw so many foulnesses there, and so many aberrations, that Lady Mary’s language was almost wholly moral and vituperative.
What part of speech is vituperative?
Vituperative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vituperative?
Vituperative is pronounced /vɪˈt͡ʃuːpɹətɪv/ (UK).

Words near vituperative in the dictionary

  1. vituperatest
  2. vituperateth
  3. vituperating
  4. vituperation
  5. vituperations
  6. vituperative
  7. vituperatively
  8. vituperativeness
  9. vituperator
  10. vituperators
  11. vituperatory

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