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Vituperative   /vˌaɪtˈupərətɪv/  /vətˈupərətɪv/   Listen
Vituperative

adjective
1.
Marked by harshly abusive criticism.  Synonym: scathing.  "Her vituperative railing"






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"Vituperative" Quotes from Famous Books



... ire, and that minister's County Government Bill was fiercely denounced as the "crowning dishonour to Tory principles," and the "supreme violation of political honesty." The audacity of Lord Randolph's attitude, and the vituperative fluency of his invective, made him a parliamentary figure of some importance before the dissolution of the 1874 parliament, though he was not as yet taken quite seriously. In the new parliament of 1880 he speedily began to play a more notable ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various



Words linked to "Vituperative" :   critical, vituperate



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