vituperation
See also: vitupération
English
Etymology
From Latin vituperātiō (“censure, blame”), equivalent to vituperate + -ion.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: vi‧tu‧per‧a‧tion
Noun
vituperation (countable and uncountable, plural vituperations)
- The act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring.
- Criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh; abuse, severe blame or censure.
- 1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, volume 3, page 120:
- ...but, for several successive days, as she was careful in observing the strictest regimen (..), she actually became much better, especially as to these favourable circumstances was added great calmness of temper, she wisely substituting the quiet sneer of contempt for angry vituperation and vindictive scorn.
- 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Hard Words”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 78:
- "Do you call me a spy?" / "And what have you called me? Because you are a husband, is the privilege of vituperation to be all on your side?"
- 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 18, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
- His face turned red with passion; he made one bound, hurled me across the house with a sweep of his arm, spun the wheel down, and began to pour out a stream of vituperation upon me which lasted till he was out of breath.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter X, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
- The rather too inclusive speech brought down a torrent of vituperation from other quarters upon fair Tess’s unlucky head […]
Related terms
Translations
criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh
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References
- ^ “vituperation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “vituperation”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “vituperation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC..