What is another word for vituperation?
Pronunciation:
[ vˌɪtjuːpəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], [ vˌɪtjuːpəɹˈeɪʃən], [ v_ˌɪ_t_j_uː_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Synonyms for Vituperation:
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n.
• abuse- bad mouthings ,
- bad-mouthings ,
- badmouthings ,
- hosings ,
- kicking arounds ,
- knifings ,
- pushing arounds ,
- signifyings ,
- up braiding ,
- up braidings ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braidings ,
- upbraidings .
- cheap shots ,
- de spite ,
- de spites ,
- de-spite ,
- de-spites ,
- despites ,
- dis courtesies ,
- dis courtesy ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graces ,
- dis respect ,
- dis respects ,
- dis-courtesies ,
- dis-courtesy ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-respect ,
- dis-respects ,
- disdainfulnesses ,
- in civilities ,
- in civility ,
- in-civilities ,
- in-civility ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages ,
- slap face ,
- un pleasantries ,
- un pleasantry ,
- un-pleasantries ,
- un-pleasantry .
Other synonyms:
- obloquy ,
- scurrility .
Other relevant words:
• censure
• noun
- Assailing ,
- Backbiting ,
- Blackguardism ,
- Calumniation ,
- Denouncing ,
- Jawing ,
- Maligning ,
- Malison ,
- Maranatha ,
- Sulphuric Acid ,
- abuse ,
- abusive ,
- abusive language ,
- address ,
- admonish ,
- affirm ,
- affront ,
- anathema ,
- aspersion ,
- assail ,
- assault ,
- assert ,
- assure ,
- attack ,
- attest ,
- bad-mouthing ,
- ban ,
- beat ,
- belabour ,
- berating ,
- beset ,
- bitter words ,
- black ,
- blackening ,
- blasphemy ,
- calumny ,
- castigation ,
- censure ,
- chasten ,
- chastise ,
- chastisement ,
- chide ,
- chiding ,
- commination ,
- condemnation ,
- contemptuous ,
- criticise ,
- criticism ,
- criticize ,
- declamation ,
- declare ,
- defamation ,
- detraction ,
- diatribe ,
- disapproval ,
- disdainful ,
- disgrace ,
- disgraceful ,
- dressing down ,
- excommunication ,
- execration ,
- exhortation ,
- exprobation ,
- foul ,
- fulmination ,
- harangue ,
- imprecation ,
- indignity ,
- inglorious ,
- insist ,
- insolent ,
- insult ,
- insulting ,
- insults ,
- invade ,
- jeremiad ,
- lambast ,
- lambaste ,
- libel ,
- misuse ,
- molest ,
- objurgation ,
- offensive ,
- oil of vitriol ,
- onslaught ,
- opprobrious ,
- opprobrium ,
- oration ,
- peroration ,
- philippic ,
- proscription ,
- raillery ,
- rating ,
- rebuke ,
- rely ,
- reprimand ,
- reproach ,
- reproof ,
- revile ,
- ribaldry ,
- rodomontade ,
- rude ,
- scolding ,
- scornful ,
- screed ,
- scurrilous ,
- shameful ,
- slander ,
- slanderous ,
- slating ,
- speech ,
- spiel ,
- stricture ,
- sulfuric acid ,
- swear ,
- talking to ,
- telling-off ,
- thrash ,
- tirade ,
- tongue-lashing ,
- upbraiding ,
- verbal abuse ,
- vitriol ,
- wigging .
- Unpleasantries ,
- Unpleasantry ,
- backhanded compliment ,
- cattiness ,
- cheap shot ,
- cursings ,
- dirty dig ,
- disdainfulness ,
- epithet ,
- gossip ,
- hosing ,
- impiousness ,
- invective ,
- kicking around ,
- malediction ,
- profane language ,
- pushing around ,
- put-down ,
- putdown ,
- quinine ,
- quinines ,
- rantings ,
- sacrilege ,
- scandal ,
- slap in face ,
- slap in the face ,
- slap the face ,
- spite ,
- spitefulness ,
- traducement ,
- vilification .
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How to use "Vituperation" in context?
There are many definitions of vituperation - a vehement attack. Usually, vituperation refers to an attack that is violent and caustic. In Latin, vituperare means "to abuse." Vituperation can be verbal or physical. It often refers to an attack on a person's character, made in a bitterly scornful or contemptuous manner. The use of vituperative language is often a way of attacking an opponent or defending one's position. Vituperation can also have a religious connotation, in that it is often used to denounce an adversary as sinful. Vituperation is often associated with anger, disgust, and frustration.
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