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US
/ˌvaɪˈtupɝətɪv, vəˈtupɝətɪv/
]
[ UK /vˈɪtjuːpəɹətˌɪv/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪtjuːpəɹətˌɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
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