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Definition of vituperation :
The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
Synonyms:
scolding, sulphuric acid, praise, obloquy, blame, sulfuric acid, revilement, contumely, reviling, scurrility, scurrilousness, vitriol, disapproval, billingsgate, verbal abuse, oil of vitriol, railing
malediction (part of speech: noun)
denunciation, malediction, abuse, vilification, invective, damnation, curse, swearing, disparagement, oath
Usage examples:
- The violence and vituperation of his spouse were, therefore, lost upon Nicholas Forster; and the impossibility of disturbing the equanimity of his temper increased the irritability of her own. - "Newton Forster", Frederick Marryat.
- The Chinamen would swarm out and look up at the row of houses on the edge of the bluff, shake their fists, and pour out Chinese vituperation. - "Mark Twain, A Biography, Vol. 1, Part 1, 1835-1866 The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens", Albert Bigelow Paine.
- He did not break into vituperation this night; he smiled, though his voice was only a whisper. - "Then I'll Come Back to You", Larry Evans.