vituperative
[vahy-too-per-uh-tiv, -puh-rey-tiv, -tyoo-, vi-]
- characterized by or of the nature of vituperation: vituperative remarks.
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Origin of vituperative
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Related Words for vituperative
censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, offensive, opprobrious, reviling, rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderousExamples from the Web for vituperative
Contemporary Examples of vituperative
By now there are many hundreds of these tweets, varying from vehement to vituperative, from accusatory to abusive.
The blogs and listservs have lit up with angry, vituperative comments and threats.
Veena Malik: She’s Outspoken, Savvy, and Topless—and She’s Shaking Up PakistanAsra Q. Nomani
December 13, 2011
Historical Examples of vituperative
It is a contemptible and derisory gift for luck, like vituperative outcries.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
There was no limit, however, to the vituperative vocabulary of the Church.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4Henry Charles Lea
It is a most vituperative affair, and reeks with fire and brimstone.
For the rest, the heresiarch had a mighty flow of vituperative speech.
DemosGeorge Gissing
But the Mostianer were not convinced, blinded by the vituperative eloquence of Most.
Prison Memoirs of an AnarchistAlexander Berkman
Word Origin and History for vituperative
1727, from vituperate + -ive. Related: Vituperatively.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper