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Vituperation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VITUPERA'TION, n. [L. vituperatio.] Blame; censure. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn: vituperation, invective, vitriol]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. sustained and bitter railing and condemnation ; vituperative utterance 2. an act or instance of vituperating Synonyms: see abuse

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vituperation Vi*tu`per*a"tion, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF. vituperation. See Vituperate.] The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame. When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. --Donne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(vituperations) Vituperation is language that is full of hate, anger, or insults. (FORMAL) N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Abuse, blame, reproach, reviling, upbraiding, railing, objurgation, invective, scolding, severe censure.

Moby Thesaurus

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