| 单词 | vituperative |
| 释义 | vituperative (once / 21335 pages) adj Use the adjective vituperative to describe criticism that's so sharp it hurts. A vituperative review of a movie would make the director bitter for months. To correctly pronounce vituperative, remember that the first vowel sound is the long i sound, and the second syllable is accented: "vie-TOO-per-uh-tive." Being vituperative takes criticism to the next level. Vituperative criticism is harsh, scathing, even abusive. If a review or assessment is vituperative, it doesn't say "try harder next time." Instead it gives the sense of "go away and never come back." WORD FAMILYvituperative: vituperatively+/vituperate: vituperated, vituperates, vituperating, vituperation, vituperative/vituperation: vituperations USAGE EXAMPLESTrump, needless to say, has been the most vituperative. The Guardian(Oct 30, 2016) And vituperative local politics that have turned the focus more on what the town should not be doing than what it might. Seattle Times(Sep 29, 2016) The sniping on the neighborhood’s Yahoo email group has turned vituperative enough many commenters enter the fray girded for battle. Washington Post(Sep 08, 2016) adj marked by harshly abusive criticism her vituperative railing Syn scathing critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws |
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