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vituperative

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[ US /ˌvaɪˈtupɝətɪv, vəˈtupɝətɪv/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪtjuːpəɹətˌɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by harshly abusive criticism
    his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists
    her vituperative railing

How To Use vituperative In A Sentence

  • Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven. — The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
  • I kinda' had a hint as to what "vituperative" meant, but only from from context. Archive 2008-11-01
  • I would hope that anyone else responding to Palomares 'posting would stick to the subject rather than engage in vituperative rejoinder. Gay life in Mexico
  • Finally, even I was struck into amazed silence by the vituperative and downright nasty anti-festive sentiments contained in the latest missive from the boys.
  • Her poems could be cajoling and vituperative, making love and war simultaneously, her sensual lyrics cohabiting with performance pieces.
  • Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven. — The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
  • He'd never used that kind of vituperative language with her. A Girl's Legs Stirring The Air
  • her vituperative railing
  • Someone who works for my company was rather famously sacked recently for blogging about his work, and not even in a seriously vituperative way - just an occasional mild grizzle.
  • Three spring months, at Florence, had been spent in making a scientific collection of local imprecations -- abusive, vituperative or profane expletives; swear-words, in short -- enriched with elaborate commentary. Alone
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