vituperate

English

Etymology

From Latin vituperatum, past participle of vituperare (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parare (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).

Verb

vituperate (third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, simple past and past participle vituperated)

1. (transitive) To criticize in a harsh or abusive manner; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
2. (intransitive) To use harsh or abusive wording.

Synonyms

• (criticize in a harsh or abusive manner): scold, berate
• (use harsh or abusive wording): rail

Translations

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• Bulgarian: ругая, обиждам
• Dutch: hekelen (nl), beschimpen (nl), uitschelden (nl)

• German: schelten (de), tadeln (de)
• Tamil: நிந்தனை செய் (ta) (nindhanai sey)

Related terms

• vituperable
• vituperant
• vituperation
• vituperative
• vituperatively
• vituperator
• vituperatory
• vituperous
• vituperously

References

• vituperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vituperate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• vituperate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

vituperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vituperare
2. second-person plural imperative of vituperare
3. Feminine plural of vituperato

Anagrams

• reputatevi

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Latin

Verb

vituperāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of vituperō