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Vituperative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Serving to vituperate; containing or expressing abusive censure; abusive.

Synonyms Opprobrious, scurrilous.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. marked by harshly abusive criticism

Word Usage

"I find the name vituperative name calling directed at John and Jen, and the questioning of their ethics and motivations, MUCH more offensive than anything that either of them has *ever* posted."

Equivalent

critical

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

scolding abusive censorious invective ranting

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

recuperative

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

opprobrious defamatory slanderous scurrilous ribald