vituperate
/vɪˈtjuːpəreɪt
/ /vʌɪˈtjuːpəreɪt/verb [with object] archaic
Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.
Synonyms
revile, rail against, inveigh against, fulminate against, attack, upbraid, berate, harangue, lambaste, reprimand, castigate, chastise, rebuke, scold, chide, censure, condemn, damn, denounce, find fault with, run down, take to task, vilify, denigrate, calumniate, insult, abuse, curse, slander, smear
informal slate, slam, knock, hammer, carpet, roast, skewer, crucify, read someone the Riot Act, lay into, tear a strip off, bawl out, give someone a dressing-down, tell off, bad-mouth
British informal rubbish, slag off
archaic contemn
rare asperse, excoriate, vilipend
Derivatives
vituperator
- Even when the vituperators are women, they mostly fling profanities at themselves, not at their male relatives.
- My method is merely to return to the vituperators the words of their own mouth as an antidote to their falsehoods.
- In most cases, a cold dose of healthy public ridicule would quench the more volcanic vituperators and reason would be restored.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin vituperat- 'censured, disparaged' (see vituperation).
Rhymes
- tradable
- tradable sector
- tradal
- trade
- trade allowance
- trade attaché
- trade balance
- trade barrier
- trade binding
- trade bloc
- Trade Board
- trade book
- trade bound
- trade card
- trade coin
- trade counter
- tradecraft
- trade credit
- trade cumulus
- trade cycle
- trade debt
- trade deficit
- trade description
- Trade Descriptions Act
- traded-in