Vituperation \Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF.
vituperation. See Vituperate.]
The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
[1913 Webster]
When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by
fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him.
--Donne.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vituperation
n : abusive or venomous language used to express blame or
censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn: invective,
vitriol]
WordNet (r) 2.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "vituperation":
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, billingsgate,
bitter words, blackening, blame, calumny, censure, contumely,
diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad,
obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement,
scolding, screed, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing,
vilification
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as
suffer from an impediment in their wit.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
invective, vitriol
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