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vituperious

vituperious adjective: despicable; disgraceful.

Adjective

vituperious (comparative more vituperious, superlative most vituperious)

  1. (obsolete) despicable; disgraceful.
    • vituperious thouing men1723, Owen Feltham, Resolves
    • Thou be obſequious in his doubtleſſe right
      'Gainſt the vile Atheiſts vituperious ſting1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses Elizium

Forms of vituperious

comparativemore vituperious
superlativemost vituperious

Words formed from vituperious

  • vituperiously

Questions about vituperious

What does vituperious mean?
Vituperious means despicable; disgraceful.
What part of speech is vituperious?
Vituperious is an adjective.

Words near vituperious in the dictionary

  1. vituperatively
  2. vituperativeness
  3. vituperator
  4. vituperators
  5. vituperatory
  6. vituperious
  7. vituperous
  8. vituperously
  9. vituperousness
  10. Vitus
  11. vitusite

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