vituperation
11vituperation — noun (U) formal angry and cruel criticism: the subject of daily vituperation and abuse …
12vituperation — noun in public he hid well the vituperation he dispensed at home Syn: invective, condemnation, opprobrium, scolding, criticism, disapprobation, fault finding; blame, abuse, insults, vilification, denunciation, obloquy, denigration, disparagement …
13vituperation — noun Date: 15th century 1. sustained and bitter railing and condemnation ; vituperative utterance 2. an act or instance of vituperating Synonyms: see abuse …
14vituperation — noun /vɪˌtupɚˈe(ɪ)ʃən/ Criticism or invective which is sustained and considered to be overly harsh; the act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame. See Also: vituperable, vituperant, vituperate, vituperative, vituperatively …
15vituperation — Synonyms and related words: abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, billingsgate, bitter words, blackening, blame, calumny, censure, contumely, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad, obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium,… …
16vituperation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. censure, disapproval, scolding, verbal abuse; see blame 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. scolding, berating, verbal abuse, abusive language, castigation, *dress ing down, condemnation, criticism, revile ment,… …
17vituperation — vi|tu|pe|ra|tion [vıˌtju:pəˈreıʃən US vaıˌtu: ] n [U] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: Latin vituperatio, from vituperare to blame, criticize , from vitium ( VICE) + parare to make ] angry and cruel criticism = ↑invective …
18vituperation — vi|tu|per|a|tion [ vı,tupə reıʃn, vaı,tupə reıʃn ] noun uncount VERY FORMAL cruel angry criticisms and insults …
19vituperation — vi·tu·per·a·tion || vaɪ‚tuËpÉ™ reɪʃn /vɪ‚tju n. harsh or abusive rebuke or condemnation …
20vituperation — [vɪˌtju:pə reɪʃ(ə)n, vʌɪ ] noun bitter and abusive language …
