| vituperation | (n) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will, Syn. vitriol, invective |
| Vituperate | v. t. [ L. vituperatus, p. p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault + parare to prepare. See Vice a fault, and Pare, v. t. ] To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vituperation | n. [ L. vituperatio: cf. OF. vituperation. See Vituperate. ] The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame. [ 1913 Webster ] When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vituperative | a. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. -- Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] |
| Vituperator | n. [ L. ] One who vituperates, or censures abusively. [ 1913 Webster ] |