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vituperous

vituperous adjective: vituperative.

Adjective

vituperous (comparative more vituperous, superlative most vituperous)

  1. (rare) Vituperative.
  2. (rare) Worthy of blame.

Synonyms of vituperous

Forms of vituperous

comparativemore vituperous
superlativemost vituperous

Origin of vituperous

From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parāre (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).

Questions about vituperous

What does vituperous mean?
Vituperous means vituperative.
What part of speech is vituperous?
Vituperous is an adjective.

Words near vituperous in the dictionary

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

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