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vituperate

[ vahy-too-puh-reyt, -tyoo-, vi- ]

verb (used with object)

vituperated, vituperating.
  1. to address with harsh or abusive language; revile.

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vituperate

/ ɪˈːəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to berate or rail (against) abusively; revile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳܱˌٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٳp·tǰ noun
  • ܲv·ٳp·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vituperate1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin ٳܱٳܲ (past participle of ٳܱ “to spoil, blame”), equivalent to ٳܱ() ( vitu-, variant stem of vitium “defect, blemish, vice” + -, combining form of “to furnish, provide”; prepare ) + -tus past participle suffix; -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vituperate1

C16: from Latin ٳܱ to blame, from vitium a defect + to make
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Moore, he said, recognized that the school district was using textbooks “to denigrate their parental authority, to deride the values upon which this country has been built, to mock, sneer, vituperate.”

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In their attitudes and actions, Republicans routinely curse the Constitution, profane America’s ideals and vituperate its values.

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They vituperate even though what she and Sanders have said is, well, true.

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It is considered almost universally acceptable to abuse and vituperate the agency.

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He could offer no counter argument to them, but continued to vituperate the sins of the white people.

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