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vituperative

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12 lettersPronunciation /vɪˈt͡ʃuːpɹətɪv/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeeiiprttuvvStarts with VEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Bitterly abusive or harshly critical.

Word origin

Formed from vituperātus, perfect passive participle of Latin vituperō (“to blame, to censure”) + -ive; by surface analysis, vituperate + -ive.

Used in a sentence

  • Floris gave the play a vituperative review laced with frequent personal insults.
  • […] ten times in a day calling the child of his prayers TRISTRAM!—Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven.
  • […] she […] proceeded, without a pause, to pour out a rolling flood of vituperative Latin, in which reproof, indignation, and sarcastic pleasantries followed one another with astonishing volubility.

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